Deadly Wandering (Richtel) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—October 2, 1966
• Where—Los Angeles, California, USA
• Education—B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.S. Columbia University
• Awards—Pulitizer Prize
• Currently—lives in San Francisco, California


Matt Richtel is an American writer and journalist. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.S. from the Columbia School of Journalism.

As a writer for the New York Times, he won a 2010 Pulitizer for his 2009-2010 series on distracted driving—"Driving to Distraction."

He is also the author of the 2014 nonfiction book A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention, which intertwines the story of a car crash caused by a texting driver with a study of the science of attention. The book became a New York Times bestseller and Editor's Choice. It was named one of the best books the year by Kirkus Reviews, Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle, Amazon, and others.

Richtel has also authored several mystery/thrillers, including Doomsday Equation (2015), The Cloud (2013) and The Devil's Plaything (2011). His first book Hooked (2007) is about a reporter whose life is turned upside down when he escapes a cafe explosion.

He created and formerly wrote the syndicated comic series Rudy Park under the penname Theron Heir. The strip is now written by its longtime illustrator Darrin Bell.

Richtel lives in San Francisco with his wife, son and daughter. (Adapted from Wikipedia. Retrieved 9/21/2015.)