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David Barr Kirtley is the co-host of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, a talk show about fantasy & science fiction, for which he's interviewed dozens of authors, including George R. R. Martin, Simon Pegg, China Mieville, Mary Roach, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Richard Dawkins.
His short fiction appears in magazines such as
Lightspeed and Intergalactic Medicine Show,
on podcasts such as Escape Pod and
Pseudopod, and in books such as The Living Dead, New Cthulhu, The Way of the Wizard, and The Dragon Done It.
His story "Save Me Plz" was picked by editor Rich Horton for the 2008 edition of the anthology series Fantasy: The Best of the Year.
He is the son of Buckley prize-winning physicist John R. Kirtley. David grew up in Katonah, New York and majored in Government at Colby College. He holds an MPW (MFA) degree in screenwriting and fiction from the University of Southern California,
and has studied with many well-known figures, including
T.C. Boyle (The Road to Wellville),
Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game),
Karen Joy Fowler (The Jane Austen Book Club),
Irvin Kershner (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back),
and Janet Fitch (White Oleander).
He has appeared the past eight summers as a staff instructor at the
Alpha Workshop for Young Writers.
He lives in New York.
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