Author and narrator Matthew West is well known for writing powerful songs inspired by real-life stories. He is a fourtime Grammy(R) nominee, a multiple-ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter/Artist of the Year winner, and a Dove Award recipient. He was awarded an American Music Award (2013), a Billboard Music Award (Top Christian Artist, 2014), a KLOVE Fan Award (2016), and was named Billboard's Hot Christian Songwriter of the Year (2016). Also an entrepreneur, in 2016 West launched Story House Collective, a multifaceted brand that will house a variety of media and ministry entities, including his own nonprofit ministry, popwe.