John Matteson holds doctoral degrees from Harvard and Columbia Universities. He was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for EDEN'S OUTCASTS. He is an associate professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, where he lives.

Books by John Matteson

The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography

by John Matteson - Biography, Nonfiction

Writer and social critic Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) was perhaps the most famous American woman of her generation. But she was also plagued by self-doubt. John Matteson captures Fuller’s longing to become ever better, reflected by the changing lives she led.