Matt Marshall is the author of the novels Crunch, Friction and The Starlight Line. His short fiction and arts criticism have appeared in Guide To Kulchur Creative Journal, Muse, La Petite Zine, All About Jazz, Jazz Inside Magazine, Cleveland Scene, and Free Inquiry, among other publications. In 2012, he was awarded a Creative Workforce Fellowship in Literature from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Marshall lives in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.