Original sentence: Birkbeck's articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Reader's Digest, Boston Magazine and other magazines, including People, where he worked as a correspondent for a decade.He is the author of A Deadly Secret: The Strange Disappearance of Kathie Durst, (Berkley/Penguin 2002), which follows the story of New York real estate heir Robert Durst; A Beautiful Child, (Berkley/Penguin 2004), which tells the heartwrenching, tragic story of Sharon Marshall; co-author of Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage and the Mind of the Killer Spouse, (Atria/Simon & Schuster 2006),  with psychotherapist Robi Ludwig.His latest book, Deconstructing Sammy: Music, Money, Madness, and the Mob, (Amistad/Harper Collins September 2008), is about Sammy Davis Jr.. The New York Times Book Review called Deconstructing Sammy "Gripping" and "Sensational" and the Los Angeles Times called the book "Epic.Matt Birkbeck is an American author and investigative journalist
Edited sentence: , who died $15 million in debt and whose estate, as of 2008, remains insolvent.He is the author of A Deadly Secret: The Strange Disappearance of Kathie Durst, (Berkley/Penguin 2002), which follows the bizarre story of New York real estate heir Robert Durst; A Beautiful Child, (Berkley/Penguin 2004), which tells the heartwrenching, tragic story of Sharon Marshall; co-author of Till Death Do Us Part: Love, Marriage and the Mind of the Killer Spouse, (Atria/Simon & Schuster 2006),  with psychotherapist Robi Ludwig.His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Reader's Digest, Boston Magazine and a host of other magazines, including People, where he served as a correspondent for a decade.His latest book, the critically acclaimed Deconstructing Sammy: Music, Money, Madness, and the Mob, (Amistad/Harper Collins September 2008), explores Sammy Davis Jr.Matt Birkbeck is an American author and award winning investigative journalist.The New York Times Book Review called Deconstructing Sammy "Gripping" and "Sensational" and the Los Angeles Times called the book "Epic"