Matthew Dicks
Novelist, storyteller and teacher
Matthew Dicks is an American novelist, storyteller and teacher. He wrote Storyworthy, a nonfiction book about the art of storytelling.
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American Born 1971 in Woonsocket, United States
About Matthew Dicks
Matthew Dicks is an American writer and storyteller, born in 1971. He is an internationally bestselling novelist whose books include Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend and Something Missing. His novels have appeared in more than 25 languages. Alongside writing, Dicks has worked as an elementary school teacher, and West Hartford once named him its Teacher of the Year. He is a Moth StorySLAM and GrandSLAM champion, and his stories have been featured on The Moth Radio Hour. Storyworthy is his nonfiction book on storytelling. He co-founded Speak Up, a Hartford-based storytelling organization, and has taught storytelling and public speaking at universities and other institutions. He also co-hosts Boy vs. Girl, a podcast about gender and gender stereotypes.