Matt Fullerty writes novels about chess, crime and conmen, namely a chess prodigy, a murderess and an art forger.

Author of novels THE KNIGHT OF NEW ORLEANS, THE MURDERESS AND THE HANGMAN and AMERICAN CON ARTIST.

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New Orleans, 2005
The St. Charles Streetcar, Garden District.

 

See the decadence, colour, music and life of the City That Care Forgot!

 












Screenplay: The Knight of New Orleans


For the screenplay of The Pride and the Sorrow, entitled The Knight of New Orleans (currently with MBA Literary Agency, London), please see below.


































The French Quarter to the Garden District
These photographs of New Orleans were taken in May 2005 before hurricane Katrina struck in early September.
 


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The Brothels of Basin Street
Paul Morphy is today remembered as "the pride and the sorrow" of chess, a short-lived genius. Clarabelle and her fellow tricksters of Basin Street, New Orleans, have been forgotten by history. These image shows the townhouse brothels of New Orleans, and Basin Street as it is today.



The Pride and the Sorrow is the story of New Orleans chess world champion, Paul Morphy, his amazing life at the chessboard, and his destructive love for a street-girl, Carla Young.



Matt Fullerty: Writer Biography

Matt Fullerty was born in Warrington, England and educated at Oxford University (B.A. English) and the University of East Anglia (M.A. Creative Writing), and has a Ph.D. in English from The George Washington University, Washington, DC. He currently teaches as Lecturer in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, the University of London.
The Pride and the Sorrow is Matt's first novel. He is now writing a London murder story called The Murderess and the Hangman about an Irish maid who murders her landlady for a few pieces of furniture...and then impersonates her on a murderous spree around London! You can contact Matt at fullerty@gmail.com





 




















This page was last modified by Matt Fullerty on October 11, 2006