Matt Birkbeck

Matt Birkbeck is an American author and investigative journalist, whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, Playboy, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Reader's Digest, Boston Magazine and People."
A former newspaper reporter, Birkbeck worked at The Morning Call., where he was cited for his lengthy investigative pieces on Pennsylvania's flawed gaming initiative. In 2010 he joined business publisher Harrison Scott Publications, where he covers Wall Street and regulatory issues in Washington, D.C.

• A Deadly Secret: The Strange Disappearance of Kathie Durst Berkley/Penguin 2002
• A Beautiful Child Berkley/Penguin 2004
• Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage and the Mind of the Killer Spouse (with psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig) Atria/Simon & Schuster 2006
• Deconstructing Sammy: Music, Money, Madness, and the Mob Amistad/Harper Collins 2008
• The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino Berkley/Penguin 2013
• A Deadly Secret: The Bizarre and Chilling Story of Robert Durst Berkley/PenguinRandomHouse 2015

Birkbeck received an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award in 2002 for stories on mortgage fraud in the U.S.