Matthew Quinn Martin

Matthew Quinn Martin (1973-) is an American actor and writer of films and short fiction.

Martin's original screenplay Slingshot was made into a feature film by Bold Films and is distributed by the Weinstein Company. Slingshot premiered at the TriBeCa Film Festival and was featured on Access Hollywood. His short fiction has appeared (or is forthcoming) in Transition Magazine, Thuglit, The Oddville Press, MFA/MFYou Literary Journal, Aphelion Webzine, The Oddville Press, The Crossing Chaos Anthology: Quantum genre on the Planet of Arts (co-written with Libby Cudmore), The Flash Fiction Offensive and A Twist of Noir. As an actor he has appeared in the Remodernist film Shooting at the Moon, PS I Love You, and was a minor recurring co-star on the first season of the TV show Fringe.

Martin (original name Matthew Szoke) was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Fair Haven Connecticut. He is a graduate of Albertus Magnus College, and an MFA candidate at Stonecoast USM.

Selected publications

  • "Command Performance": Fall 2009, Transition Magazine #102
  • "Chickens": Fall 2009, Thuglit #33
  • "Spinning": Spring 2009, MFA/MFYou #2
  • "Hazardous Material": Fall 2009, Aphelion Webzine #136