birth_place influences birth_date genre article_title name occupation
new york city caleb carr umberto eco october 2 historical fiction , literary fiction matthew pearl
 matthew perle novelist
matthew pearl

matthew pearl is an american novelist and educator .
his novels include `` the dante club '' , `` the poe shadow '' , `` the last dickens '' , and `` the technologists '' .
editions have been published in more than 40 countries .
