John Matteson

John Matteson

John Matteson (born March 3, 1961 in San Mateo, California) is a professor of English and legal writing at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his first book, "Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father".

Matteson is the son of Thomas D. Matteson, a former airline executive, and Rosemary H. Matteson, who worked as a commercial artist and fashion designer before becoming a homemaker.

Matteson attended Menlo School in Menlo Park, California. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Princeton University in 1983, a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1986, and a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University in 1999. He served as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Terrence W. Boyle before working as a litigation attorney in San Francisco and in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has written articles for a wide variety of publications, including the New England Quarterly, Streams of William James, and Leviathan. He currently serves as treasurer of the Melville Society and as a member of the Louisa May Alcott Society's advisory board. He married Michelle Rollo in 1991. They have a daughter.

External links

* [http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~english/matteson.htm Faculty homepage]


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