Matt Bearden has been chasing stories, shaping ideas, and finding meaning in words since childhood. Since his MFA from Reinhardt University, Matt has built a career inspiring students as a lecturer, teaching composition, literary surveys, and creative writing. His critical and creative work has been featured in DAVID Magazine and Unbound Edition Press’s The Experiment Will Not Be Bound. Now, Matt is pushing his craft even further by pursuing his PhD in Creative Writing at Georgia State.