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ABOUT & CONTACT
David Marlett is an award-winning storyteller and novelist working across literary and historical fiction.
His most recent novel, The Art of Being Betsy, explores the quiet aftermath of a life undone. His previous novel, American Red, traces the extraordinary true story of radical lovers, lawyers, killers, and spies who helped shape the American century. His debut, Fortunate Son—based on the most notorious trial in Irish history—was a critically acclaimed national bestseller.
For more than two decades in Los Angeles, Marlett wrote and consulted on film and premium series productions, while advising companies on the craft of narrative and story. His screenplays have been sold and optioned, and he has collaborated with award-winning producers and actors.
He has designed and led writer and storytelling retreats, including the Aspen Writers Bootcamp, and has spoken at more than sixty conferences, universities, and workshops across the United States and China on story, writing, new media, and film finance.
A regular performer at NPR’s The Moth in Los Angeles, Marlett is a Grand Slam–winning storyteller.
He is a professor of law, focusing on media law, and teaches at Texas A&M School of Law and California State University, Northridge. A graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, he lives in Boulder, Colorado.
