Marvin Payne is an actor, writer, songmaker, and recording artist. After attending BYU on Music Performance and Creative Writing scholarships, he released a dozen albums of original songs and toured the country extensively as a solo concert artist in the seventies. In the eighties, his career expanded into theatre and film. His acting has shown up on the Disney Channel, the major networks, and PBS. He directed for MacMillan/McGraw Hill their Share The Music series, two hundred audio episodes for teaching musical principles to the nation’s elementary school children. He co-authored the musical plays The Planemaker, Charlie’s Monument, Wedlocked, and The Trail Of Dreams, for extensive production. He writes a monthly column, Backstage Graffiti, for MeridianMagazine.com. With Steven Perry, he created the folk oratorio, Family, A Joyful Proclamation. He wrote Love And Oranges (The Love Book) and has published prize-winning poetry. Read more at www.marvinpayne.com.