Carson Mell was born in Arizona in 1980, the son of a landscape painter and a nurse.  He moved to Los Angeles in 2002 to write and work in film and television.  Since then, three of his short films have been Official Selections of The Sundance Film Festival and many other film festivals including The San Francisco International Film Festival, Toronto’s “Just For Laughs” Comedy Festival, and Brooklyn’s Rooftop Films.  His short fiction has been published in "McSweeney's Quarterly Concern" and "Electric Literature."
 

He has two novels available through this website: "Saguaro" and the brand new "The Blue Bourbon Orchestra."