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David Barr Kirtley's
short fiction appears in magazines such as
Realms of Fantasy
and Weird Tales,
on podcasts such as Escape Pod and
Pseudopod, and in various anthologies.
His young adult fiction appears in magazines such as
Cicada,
READ, and Merlyn's Pen.
His story "Save Me Plz" was selected by editor Rich Horton for the
2008 edition of the anthology series Fantasy: The Best of the Year.
A screenplay adaptation David wrote of his story "Lest We Forget" was
shot as a short film and shown at the New York Independent Film and
Video Festival.
David has been profiled as part of "Speculative Fiction: The Next Generation"
by Novel & Short Story Writer's Market. He was the second-youngest writer selected for the
anthology New Voices in Science Fiction. As a freshman, he won first prize in the Dell Magazines Award
for undergraduate science fiction, given by Asimov's magazine.
He has appeared the past six summers as a staff instructor at the
Alpha Workshop for Young Writers, and is available for
public appearances.
He 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).
David is the son of Buckley prize-winning physicist
John R. Kirtley and lives in New York.
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