Novelist, screenwriter, amateur ghost-hunter, part-time ordained minister and husband with a slowly improving track record. I have written six books, a handful of plays, screenplays and in the past 18 months was hired to write the biography of a local industrialist.

I'm currently working on the script for a TV sitcom based upon a friend's experiences as a street cop. The thing I've been learning lately about my writing is that I not only can "write on demand" about topics or fictional situations not of my own choosing, but I quite enjoy it.

Web sites:

www.matthewstamand.com

www.enroutetheseries.com

www.murp hyslawpress.com

Books I've written:

* With These Two Hands (biography of a local industrialist)

* Randham Acts (suspense novel)

* Pickle on a S*t Sandwich (blog posts)

* Homunculus (collection of satire)

* Forever & a Day (poetry)

* As My Sparks Fly Upward & Other Stories (collection of short fiction)

Plays

* Dorian (based upon The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde)

* Shine On You Crazy Diamond (original)

Screenplays

* Mr. Brightside (feature-length)

* Jay-Star (short)

* The Bike Man Cometh (short)

* Grudgingly (short)

I know too much about ...

Popular culture

My childhood ambition ...

To be a forest ranger

My favorite memory ...

Saying to my mother when I was 7, "Ma, we'd know by now if I was retarded?"

My best moment ...

My wedding; publication of my first book

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