Wren Valentino
Sacramento, California, United States
Wren Valentino is a writer, film producer, and voice actor. As a film producer, he has helped bring more than sixty films to the screen. As an actor, his voice can be heard in fourteen feature films. As an award-winning author, Wren primarily writes gothic, urban, and contemporary romance novels, often with an international setting. He is the author of the forthcoming novels Fast Beat and Gollan Grove (Blue Dasher Press), the novelettes Miss Nothing and Snap Shot, and several short stories including the Halloween romance Pumpkin Love Charm, the holiday romance Warming Up, and the cozy mystery Just a Little Haunted. Also known as a playwright, Wren wrote the popular short play What Do You Know About Such Things? His literary work has appeared in Atomic Flyswatter (Long Shot Books), Disquiet Arts, Halfway Down the Stairs, Regency Reflections (Wingless Dreamer), and Wicked Gay Ways. For his short story Home, he was named a finalist in the Jane Austen Writing Contest. Wren graduated with honors from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and English. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina. He is a graduate of the Professional Program in Screenwriting at UCLA. He has been an arts educator for twenty years. He is a Pushcart Prize nominee and a proud member of Contemporary Romance Writers, Disney's D23, the International Screenwriters' Association (ISA), and the Romance Writers of America. He lives in Sacramento, California.