Matthew Pearl is the internationally bestselling author of The Dante Club, published in more than thirty languages and forty countries, The Poe Shadow and, most recently, The Last Dickens. Pearl is a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School and has taught literature at Harvard and at Emerson College.

"With intricate plots, classical themes, and erudite characters...what's not to love?" Dan Brown, author of Inferno and The Da Vinci Code "There are some great twists in the plot and the chase is genuinely thrilling...an unusually arresting piece of crime fiction" -- Toby Clements Daily Telegraph "The momentum of his plot is irresistible...a most inventive page-turner" -- Stephanie Merritt Observer "Audacious and captivating...truly admirable" Esquire "Ingenious" New Yorker

Matthew Pearl is the internationally bestselling author of The Dante Club, published in more than thirty languages and forty countries, The Poe Shadow and, most recently, The Last Dickens. Pearl is a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School and has taught literature at Harvard and at Emerson College.

"With intricate plots, classical themes, and erudite characters...what's not to love?" Dan Brown, author of Inferno and The Da Vinci Code "There are some great twists in the plot and the chase is genuinely thrilling...an unusually arresting piece of crime fiction" -- Toby Clements Daily Telegraph "The momentum of his plot is irresistible...a most inventive page-turner" -- Stephanie Merritt Observer "Audacious and captivating...truly admirable" Esquire "Ingenious" New Yorker