David-Matthew Barnes is an American novelist, playwright, poet, screenwriter, and teacher. Barnes is the bestselling author of the novels Mesmerized, Accidents Never Happen, Swimming to Chicago, The Jetsetters, Ambrosia, Wonderland, Stronger Than This, Fascination, Anything But Ordinary, The Marijuana Mermaids, Stellar Runaway, and Fifty Yards and Holding. Two of Barnes' young adult novels, Swimming to Chicago and Wonderland, have been selected by the Rainbow Project Committee of the American Library Association as finalists for their annual Rainbow Books, a list of quality books with significant and authentic GLBTQ content for children and teens. Barnes writes romance novels under the name Wren Valentino, including Paso Doble, Romance on the Riviera, Miranda Chance, and Searching for Salvdaor. 

September 3rd, 1970 in California (Age 54)