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John Matthews is a leading British writer. His books span genres of crime, action, mystery and legal-thriller and include: Basikasingo, Crescents of the Moon, Past Imperfect, The Last Witness, The Second Amendment, Ascension Day, The Shadow Chaser, Blind School, The Prophet, and his current book series set in 1890s New York with the first days of criminal forensics.

They have been translated into 14 languages with total sales of 1.5 million. In 2007, Past Imperfect was included in a top ten all-time best legal thrillers list in The Times. He was one of only two British authors in the list.

John is also an accomplished screenwriter, including a film adaptation for Past Imperfect and original screenplays, with two recent projects in collaboration with Nigel McCrery, creator of TV's Silent Witness and New Tricks.

As a journalist, he has covered a wide range of issues, but with a predominance on Middle East Affairs, with one of his first reports the civil war in the Lebanon, which inspired his second novel, 'Crescents of the Moon'.

He has worked for Reuters and was an early pioneer of electronic media, developing one of the first online magazines. And after running his own design and architectural magazine, went on to become editor of European Brief for three years, the main magazine for the European Parliament.

June 19th, 2021

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