David Byron Queen is a writer, publisher, designer, and brand strategist currently based in New York. He is the founder of the publishing company word west, the online writing school word west workshops, and Byron Design Co. He has taught with the Weil School of Medicine at Cornell University, London Writers Salon, Dallas Writing Workshops, and the Hudson Valley Writers Center. His work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, VICE, Paste, Buzzfeed, Good Morning America, and many other places. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, watching sports, and making music on his laptop.