David Barr Kirtley (born 1977) is an American short story writer and the host of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast.
[1] From 1996-2000, he attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine, where he majored in government, with a minor in creative writing.
[1] His short fiction appears in magazines such as Realms of Fantasy and Weird Tales, in online magazines such as Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show and Lightspeed, and on podcasts such as Escape Pod, Pseudopod, and The Drabblecast.
He was profiled in the 2008 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market as part of "Speculative Fiction: The Next Generation.
"[1] Kirtley co-hosted the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast along with fantasy and science fiction editor John Joseph Adams.