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  <name><![CDATA[Matthew Pearl]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Matthew Pearl is the author of the novels The Dante Club, The Poe Shadow and his newest work, The Last Dickens. His books have been New York Times bestsellers and international bestsellers translated into more than 30 languages. His nonfiction writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and Slate.com. He has been heard on shows including NPR's &quot;All Things Considered&quot; and &quot;Weekend Edition Sunday,&quot; and his books have been featured on Good Morning America and CBS Sunday Morning. 

Matthew Pearl grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School. He has also 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.

In addition to Goodreads, you can follow Matthew at Twitter (www.twitter.com/matthewpearl), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Matthew-Pearl-author/29977879540), Red Room (http://www.redroom.com/author/matthew-pearl), LibraryThing (http://www.librarything.com/profile/matthewpearl), Shelfari (http://www.shelfari.com/o1517919240) and Myspace (www.myspace.com/quentinclark).
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  <title><![CDATA[The Dante Club: A Novel]]></title>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Poe Shadow: A Novel]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Last Dickens: A Novel]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Novel Destinations: Literary Landmarks From Jane Austen's Bath to Ernest Hemingway's Key West]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Joni Rendon]]></name>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Novel Destinations]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Shannon McKenna Schmidt]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[El Ultimo Dickens / The Last Dickens]]></title>
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