Matt Birkbeck
Author of A Beautiful Child
About the Author
Matt Birkbeck is an author and journalist who has written articles for The New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Reader's Digest and Boston Magazine. He is a former newspaper reporter who joined business publisher Harrison Scott Publications, covering Wall Street and regulatory issues in show more Washington, D.C. He has written several books including his biography on Sammy Davis Jr., Deconstructing Sammy: Music, Money, Madness and the Mob. His other title's include: A Deadly Secret, A Beautiful Child, The Quiet Don, and A Deadly Secret: The Bizarre and Chilling Story of Robert Durst. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Matt Birkbeck
'Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage, and the Mind of the Killer Spouse (2006) 53 copies, 1 review
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- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Pennsylvania, USA
- Occupations
- reporter
- Agent
- Andrew Stuart
- Short biography
- Matt Birkbeck is a reporter for The Morning Call and has served for nearly a decade as a correspondent covering crime and human interest stories for People magazine, and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, Reader's Digest, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and other periodicals. He lives in Pennsylvania. [adapted from Till Death do Us Part (2006)]
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- Works
- 9
- Members
- 367
- Popularity
- #65,579
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 12
- ISBNs
- 38
One thing that's notable about this book is the poor copyediting, expecially from a name publisher like Harper. The author is especially allergic to the past perfect tense, and the result is many (a guess is around a dozen) cases where confusion results. A number of typos (especially one "severe" for "sever") also make for jarring reading. One expects more from a Harpe.… (more)