User:ArtistLike/David Michael Conner

David Michael Conner is a Washington, D.C.-based writer who specializes in music and celebrity, LGBT and health-related issues. Among the notable personalities Conner has interviewed are Kathy Griffin, Jewel Kilcher, Mandy Moore, Nick Carter and LeToya Luckett for Advocate.com, , , , , Tori Amos for Geek Monthly magazine , Vanessa L. Williams, Maurice Benard, Cherien Dabis and Dmitry Lipkin for the Entertainment Industries Council. ,, ,

Personal
Conner is from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. He has a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing and a Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in film and media studies, both from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. In addition to entertainment writing, Conner writes fiction and paints, mainly in acrylic and watercolor media. He is currently working on a novel set in the U.S. south in the 1980s and inspired by Gnosticism and the music of Tori Amos.

Selected articles published on Advocate.com and other publications

 * Subject: Singer Nick Carter.
 * {{cite web |url=h*{{cite web |url=http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Books/Official_Book_Club_Selection/ |title=Official Book Club Selection|date=Sept 03, 2009 |work=Advocate.com |last=Conner|first=David Michael|accessdate=2009-11-04}} Subject: Comedian Kathy Griffin.
 * {{cite web |url=h*{{cite web |url=http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/Destiny__39;s_Other_Child/ |title=Destiny's Other Child|date=Aug 25, 2009 |work=Advocate.com |last=Conner|first=David Michael|accessdate=2009-11-04}} Subject: Singer LeToya Luckett.
 * {{cite web |url=h*{{cite web |url=http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/Moore_to_Love/ |title=Moore to Love|date=May 26, 2009 |work=Advocate.com |last=Conner|first=David Michael|accessdate=2009-11-04}} Subject: Singer/Actress Mandy Moore.
 * {{cite web |url=h*{{cite web |url=http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/Crown_Jewel/ |title=Crown Jewel|date=May 13, 2009 |work=Advocate.com |last=Conner|first=David Michael|accessdate=2009-11-04}} Subject: Singer/Songwriter Jewel Kilcher.
 * {{cite web |url=h*{{cite web |url=http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/She__39;s_Back,_Bitches/ |title=She's Back, Bitches!|date=Nov 30, 2009 |work=Advocate.com |last=Conner|first=David Michael|accessdate=2009-11-04}} Subject: Singer Britney Spears.
 * {{cite web |url=h*{{cite web |url=http://geekmonthly.com/blog/?p=80 |title=Geek Love: Tori Amos opens up about her love of geeks, doll parts, and new newest--and geekiest--project|date=Mar 07, 2009 |work=Advocate.com |last=Conner|first=David Michael|accessdate=2009-11-04}} Subject: Singer/Songwriter/Author Tori Amos.