Michael Matza

Michael Matza covered metropolitan, national and international news for the Philadelphia Inquirer for three decades as bureau chief in the Middle East and in New England. A two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, he has reported from 34 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. "Haiti, Love and Murder ... In the Season of Soup Joumou" is his first novel. "Journalists are often cautioned not to write novels," says Haitian Times founder Garry Pierre-Pierre. "I'm glad that Matza, a conjurer of convincing details, did not heed the warning. ... Brilliantly captures Haiti's beauty, elegance and gloom." Visit with the author at michaelmatza.com