Introducing Morning Creative Nonfiction Instructor Matthew Goodman

Matthew Goodman Matthew Goodman is the bestselling author of three books of non-fiction: Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World (Ballantine Books, 2013); The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York (Basic Books, 2008); and Jewish Food: The World at Table (HarperCollins, 2005). Matthew's books have been Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers, Indie Next "Great Reads," and Borders Original Voices selections, and a finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award. His book Eighty Days was a New York Times and Indie Bound bestseller, and has been translated into eight languages. His essays, articles, short stories, and reviews have appeared in The American Scholar, Harvard Review, Salon, the Village Voice, the Forward, Bon Appetit, and many other publications, and have been cited for Special Mention in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Story anthologies. Learn more about Matthew at www.matthewgoodmanbooks.com.