Matthew Pearl's debut novel, The Dante Club, has been an international bestseller translated into more than 30 languages. His highly anticipated second novel, The Poe Shadow is another New York Times and international bestseller. Matthew Pearl graduated from Harvard University summa cum laude in English and American Literature in 1997 and Yale Law School in 2000. He has taught literature and creative writing at Harvard University and Emerson College, and has been a Visiting Lecturer in law and literature at Harvard Law School. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he is at work on his third novel.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution groups Pearl with Jonathan Franzen and Richard Powers as adding to "the growing genre of novel being written nowadays -- the learned, challenging kind that does not condescend." Globe and Mail declares him "a writer of rare talents," Library Journal says "Pearl has proven himself a master," and author Caleb Carr declares The Poe Shadow "confirms Pearl's position at the very forefront of contemporary novelists." Pearl has been named one of The Next Big Things by Details Magazine and has been placed on Boston Magazine's annual Hot List. Please explore the website to learn more.