Freshman Student Authors Novel

SLU’s own Matt Chapman has pursued a storytelling talent to every amateur fiction writer’s dream, a published novel.

The freshman English and Biology major penned his vampire-thriller Tainted Veins after encouragement from his high-school English teacher. According to his publisher’s press release, the novel follows two young adults who have a “penchant for danger”:

17 year old Ian Stonard’s life is turned upside down when his father is mysteriously murdered. Driven by a need for answers, Ian enlists the aid of his gal-pal, Rachel Blake, and together they struggle to stop the unleashing of a vampire virus upon an unsuspecting world.

Look for Tainted Veins this December from Charles River Press.