David Matthews (author)

His memoir Ace of Spades recounts growing up in the inner city of Baltimore, Maryland as a biracial child who could pass for white.

[1] Matthews attended Baltimore City College High School where he attempted to "pass" as not only white, but Jewish.

Lacking any cultural knowledge of Jewish life, Matthews was not accepted as a Jew and continued to search for an identity.

Matthews' first book, Ace of Spades details this search, and is presented in a somewhat acerbic coming-of-age literary style.

Matthews' television credits include Law & Order: Los Angeles; Story Editor for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Executive Story Editor for Season 4 of HBO's Boardwalk Empire; Co-Producer on F/X's Tyrant;[3] and Supervising Producer on HBO's Vinyl.