Matthew Quinn Martin

Matthew Quinn Martin (born Matthew Szoke, in 1973) is an American screenwriter, novelist and actor.

Martin's original screenplay Slingshot^[1][2] was made into a feature film by Bold Films^[1] and is distributed by the Weinstein Company. Slingshot premiered at the TriBeCa Film Festival^[1] and was featured on Access Hollywood.

Martin's debut novel "Nightlife" was published in October 2013 by Pocket Star (Simon & Schuster) and was chosen by Badass Book Reviews as one of the top 5 horror novels of 2013 .^[3] The sequel, "Nightlife: As the Worm Turns" is scheduled for release in the summer of 2015. Martin has stated that the title was inspired by the Faith No More song "As the Worm Turns" as well as a line by Shakespeare, "The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on," from Henry VI, Part 3^[4]

His short fiction has appeared in Transition Magazine, Thuglit,^[5] The Oddville Press, MFA/MFYou Literary Journal,^[6] Aphelion Webzine,^[7] The Flash Fiction Offensive,^[8] A Twist of Noir, and the anthology Arcane II (co-written with Libby Cudmore),

As an actor he has appeared in the remodernist film Shooting at the Moon, the feature films P.S. I Love You and Howl and was a minor recurring co-star on the first season of the TV show Fringe.^[9]

Biography

Martin was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and spent most of his early childhood in the Lehigh Valley area before moving to Fair Haven, Connecticut. He is a graduate of Albertus Magnus College and holds an MFA from the University of Southern Maine. He was a resident of Occupy Wall Street's Zuccotti Park encampment for a number of weeks prior to the forcible eviction of his fellow protestors, and remains a fervent supporter of the movement's goals. He is of mixed European heritage, but identifies strongly as Hungarian-American.

Personal life

Martin lives on Shelter Island, New York is a supporter of the Boston Red Sox,^[10] and a self-proclaimed "huge fan" of the rock band Toto.^[11]

Influences

Martin has listed Harlan Ellison, Joe Eszterhas, Donald Fagen, Frank Herbert, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Walter M. Miller Jr., Michael Moorcock, Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, Kurt Vonnegut and David Foster Wallace, among others, as prominent influences on his writing.^[12]

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Bibliography

Novels

• 2013 – Nightlife
• 2015 – Nightlife: As the Worm Turns

Selected Short Fiction

• "Command Performance": 2009, Transition Magazine #102
• "Chickens": 2009, Thuglit #33
• "Spinning": 2009, MFA/MFYou #2
• "Hazardous Material": 2009, Aphelion Webzine #136

References

External links

• Official website
• Matthew Quinn Martin at the Internet Movie Database
• Slingshot at the Internet Movie Database