DAVID CIMINELLO is a Lambda Literary Fellow and the proud recipient of a Table 4 Writers Foundation Grant.

His short fiction has appeared in the Lambda Award-winning anthology PORTLAND QUEER: TALES OF THE ROSE CITY and in fine artist Stephen O’Donnell’s THE
UNTOLD GAZE. His poetry has been published in  POETRY NORTHWEST . One piece particularly close to his heart, about his obsession with the cult hit soap opera Dark Shadows, appears in NAILED MAGAZINE. And for fans of his debut novel, a special treat, a published excerpt, TAKE ME BACK TO DREAMLAND , from book two of the Belladonna trilogy.

His original screenplay Bruno, an Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting finalist, was made into a motion picture directed by Shirley MacLaine and stars Kathy Bates, Gary Sinese, and Jennifer Tilly.

As an actor David has guest starred on Seinfeld (“The Barber”), Murder She Wrote, Matlock, and Kojak.

David and his husband, photographer and podcast artist Brian Delaney, currently reside in Portland, Oregon.