Photo by: Jené LeBlancDavid N Meyer is a biographer, film critic, professor in Cinema Studies, screenwriter and former award-winning copywriter.

His most recent book, The Bee Gees: The Biography was published in hardcover by Da Capo Books.

His Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music,  was chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the Twenty Best NonFiction Books of the Year; by Rolling Stone as one of the three Best Books of the Year; and by England’s Uncut magazine as Book of the Year. It was named to numerous Top Ten Books of the Year lists in the United States and United Kingdom.

Among his other books are: The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of  (St. Martin's Press) and A Girl and A Gun: The Complete Guide to Film Noir (Avon Books). 

He was Film Editor and lead film critic for the arts monthly BROOKLYN RAIL  from 2004 to  2011.

From 1998-2013 he served as Professor Appointee in Cinema Studies at The New School University in New York City. His classes included  NO EXIT: THE HARD BOILED HEARTBREAK OF FRENCH FILM NOIR; LITERARY CINEMA: THE ART OF ADAPTATION, and  THE DARK SIDE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS;THE CINEMA OF WILL, IMPULSE, PERVERSITY, DAMNATION & REDEMPTION.

He is a proud contributor to The Book of the SubGenius and Three-Fisted Tales of BOB. He also wrote The Dream Quest Trilogy, a sword & sorcery opus including Halberd, Dream Warrior; On the Shoulders of Giants and The Serpent Mound, under the pen name Lloyd St. Alcorn; good luck finding any of those.

His writing on film, music and culture appeared in The Sunday New York Times, Entertainment Weekly – where he inaugurated the Music Video Column – GLAMOUR, GQ, Men's Journal, Wired, The Walrus, Noir Of The Week, The Rocket, The Boston Phoenix, The Boston Real Paper, Bicycling and The Seattle Weekly.

The Bee Gees: The Biography is representated by Marc Gerald of The Agency Group in New York City.

Mr. Meyer currently resides in Los Angeles