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Contact: matt670@msn.com PUBLISHING CREDITS “Sleek” Short to be produced as a music video, September 2003, Squintbox Productions. “A Girl’s Story: How to Write Your Autobiography”, The Consumer Press, to be released December 2004 "The Sixth Sister", Chip Taylor Communications, Fall 2001, Fairy Tale produced on videotape. Aired on PBS. “Hot” Feature screenplay optioned by Klein Entertainment, Fall 2002 "Postcards from World WW2", Square One Publishers, November 2001, Rosette Award. "How to Marry a Vampire", Square One Publishers, to be released 2004. "Expect the Unexpected", Scholastic, October 2000, sold over 100,000 copies to date. "Tell Me This Isn't Happening!", Scholastic, October 1999, sold over 337,000 copies in first year. "The Girlfriend", Avid Press, September 2000 "Fatal Beauty", Stone Garden Press, Fall 1999, ranked number two on the publisher's bestseller list. "Beauty and the Beach", Bantam, Sweet Valley University, teen novel, sold over 42,000 copies. "Elizabeth and Todd Forever", Bantam, Sweet Valley University, teen novel, sold 45,000 copies. "His Secret Past", Bantam, Sweet Valley University series, teen novel, sold over 37,000 copies. Honorable Mention, "Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: The Twelfth Annual Collection" St. Martin's Press "Stolen Hearts", Loveprints, romance novel. "Careers for New Agers and Other Cosmic Types", McGraw-Hill 2001, contributing writer. "New Traditions in Terror", Winter 2001, horror anthology, nominated for best short story the P&E Reader's Poll. "Scent of a Woman", Anxiety Publications, Fall 2001, horror novella. OTHER PROJECTS: Recently signed contract with Art Linkletter's production company for reality TV show. Wrote market research reports on the teen and preteen markets for Bath & Body Works. Analyzed hundreds of hours of focus group tapes. Researched material for several books, projects, and venture capital business. Two scripts under consideration with production companies. Dark Shadows Role-playing game segment. Men in Black Role-playing segment Comic book proposal accepted by Sundragon Comics. http://thecoolhunt.freeservers.com/about.html OTHER INFORMATION: Articles, columns, and short fiction published in several magazines. Pif Online, National Enquirer Online, Midnight Gallery, Writer's Workshop Review, Writer's West, 69 Flavors of Paranoia, Millennium SF & F, Moondance.org, Peridot Books, Shadow Feast, Dark Planet, Black Mask, Nightlight, Girl Zone, Grrlz.com, and more. My books were reviewed in Girl's Life, Bookwatch, Denver Post, Highwired, Detroit Free Press, Oakland Press, and more. Edited Filtration News for five years. Wrote and edited technical articles and press releases. Wrote ad copy for various industries on a freelance basis. Freelance editor and literary agent. Poetry editor at Moondance.org Columnist for PIF Magazine.