Matthew Pearl

American writer
Person human Q180223

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
October 2, 1975
Place of birth
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Official website
www.matthewpearl.com[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Family name
Pearl[15]
Given name
Matthew[16]
Social media followers
+2529, +2364[21][22]
Start of work period
1998[19]
Writing language
English[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Matthew Pearl ar ماثيو بيرل ja マシュー・パール ko 매슈 펄 ru Мэтью Перл zh 馬修·珀爾
🔖 Identifiers · 36
VIAF cluster ID
42076853
Library of Congress authority ID
n2002028636
GND ID
124933297
Babelio author ID
5346
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14530435z
C-SPAN person numeric ID
132402
CBDB.cz author ID
917
CiNii Research ID
1140563741742139904
Databazeknih.cz author ID
4136
Europeana entity
agent/base/68875
Fantastic Fiction author ID
p/matthew-pearl
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Freebase ID
/m/04cgs9
Goodreads author ID
6247
ISFDB author ID
158018
IdRef ID
081713940
LibraryThing author ID
pearlmatthew
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA15456583
NDL Authority ID
00968440
NL CR AUT ID
xx0032872
NUKAT ID
n2005094442
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007299649105171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200404283
National Library of Latvia ID
000082225
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810626822605606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1687107
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
241023467
Open Library ID
OL4917747A, OL1436892A
Penguin Random House author ID
23463
SBN author ID
RAVV360786
SVKKL authority ID
0222639-Pearl-Matthew-1975
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID
22991
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxCC9Ft9PjVyH9W7DBdcP
X (Twitter) username
MatthewPearl

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Summary

Matthew Pearl's place of birth was New York City[1]. He was born on October 2, 1975[2]. He worked as a writer[3], novelist[4], and university teacher[5].

Body

Education

Educated at Harvard University[9], a private university[23], in United States[24], founded in 1636[25], headquartered in Cambridge[26]; Yale Law School[10], a law school[27], in United States[28], founded in 1824[29], headquartered in New Haven[30]; Harvard College[11], a college[31], in United States[32], founded in 1636[33]; and University School of Nova Southeastern University[12], an independent school[34], in United States[35], founded in 1971[36].

Career and Affiliations

Employers include Harvard University[7], a private university[37], in United States[38], founded in 1636[39], headquartered in Cambridge[40] and Emerson College[8], a university[41], in United States[42], founded in 1880[43], headquartered in Boston[44].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include The Dante Club[45], a written work[46].

FAQs

Where was Matthew Pearl born?

Matthew Pearl's place of birth was New York City[1].

What did Matthew Pearl do for work?

Matthew Pearl worked as writer[3], novelist[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Matthew Pearl go to school?

Matthew Pearl was educated at Harvard University[9], Yale Law School[10], Harvard College[11], and University School of Nova Southeastern University[12].

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  1. 5w ago · Tfmorris1 · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL4917747A, OL1436892A
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  2. 23w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+2529'}, {'amount': '+2364'}
    Employer → Harvard University, Emerson College
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