Walter G. Meyer Information

Author
San Diego, CA

Biography:
Walter G. Meyer is the author of three published books. The most recent, Rounding Third, received rave reviews and garnered Meyer numerous requests to speak and write about teen bullying and suicide as those hot topics are the crux of the novel. Rounding Third was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award and was a finalist for a San Diego Book Award. In addition to the three published books, Meyer has written for dozens of magazines and newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, Kiplinger's Personal Finance and many others. A play that he co-wrote, GAM3RS, was produced at the New York International Fringe Festival, at MIT, UCSD, ASU, UMW, in L.A., and has had several runs in San Diego. His screenplay based on his second book, "Day Is Ending" has been optioned to be a TV movie and he has had several other scripts optioned. Meyer has a degree from the School of Communications at Penn State and he has spoken at universities, high schools, libraries and community centers across the U.S.