Sweet Memories Brochura - 2012

Pulitzer nominated author David W. Menefee is an American author, ghost writer, screenwriter, book editor, and film historian. His writing career began as a writer and marketing representative for the Dallas Times Herald and the Dallas Morning News. In 2004, David struck out on his own as a freelance writer. In 2009, the esteemed film historian's RICHARD BARTHELMESS: A LIFE IN PICTURES was named one of the Top 10 Film Books of the Year. In 2010, GEORGE O'BRIEN: A MAN'S MAN IN HOLLYWOOD and "OTAY! THE BILLY "BUCKWHEAT" THOMAS STORY were popular hits. In 2011 his WALLY: THE TRUE WALLACE REID STORY (Foreword by Robert Osborne) was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and was named one of the Top 10 Books of the Year by the San Francisco Examiner along with his THE RISE AND FALL OF LOU-TELLEGEN. David's other literary works include THE REMARKABLE MR. MESSING (soon to be a motion picture), the unforgettable Black American history novel BROTHERS OF THE STORM, the paranormal love story CHARLIE O'DOONE'S SECOND CHANCE, the spine-tingling MARGOT CRANSTON detective series, the unusual FALLING STARS: 10 WHO TRIED TO BE A MOVIE STAR, and the monumental SARAH BERNHARDT, HER FILMS, HER RECORDINGS (Foreword by Kevin Brownlow). David lives in Dallas, Texas, USA.