Matt Rees

Matt Beynon Rees (born 1967 in Newport, Wales) is a Welsh journalist and writer.

Life

Rees studied English literature at the University of Oxford and journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park. He then lived for five years in New York before he went to Jerusalem in 1996, where he initially wrote for The Scotsman and Newsweek. From 2000 to 2006 he headed the Jerusalem office of Time magazine, for which he continues to write.

In 2008, his first Kriminialroman appeared with the Palestinian teacher Omar Yussef. The traitor of Bethlehem was awarded the New Blood Dagger Award.

Rees speaks inter alia, Arabic and Hebrew, and lives with his family in Jerusalem.

Works

Non-fiction book

  • Cain 's Field: Faith, Fratricide, and Fear in the Middle East. Free Press, 2004

Novels

  • The traitor of Bethlehem: Omar Yussef first case ( The Collaborator of Bethlehem Omar Yussef Mysteries. ). 2007
  • A grave in Gaza: Omar Yussef second case (A Grave in Gaza, Omar Yussef Mysteries. ). 2008
  • The dead of Nablus: Omar Yussef third case ( The Samaritan 's Secret Omar Yussef Mysteries. ). 2009
  • The assassin of Brooklyn: Omar Yussef fourth case ( Omar Yussef The Fourth Assassin Mysteries. ). 2010
  • Mozart's last aria (Mozart 's Last Aria ). 2011
  • With Blood signed ( A Name in Blood ) ( about the life of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio ). 2013
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