The Murderess and the Hangman: Update Hello! I'm happy to report that I've written three quarters of my second novel The Murderess and the Hangman, about 138,000 of 170,000 words. All in all, I should have a complete draft in April 2010.
Please see this link for more details about The Murderess and the Hangman. I just hope you like murder and mayhem, hangings, detective fiction, a grimy London of the nineteenth century, and a female killer. Hopefully this book brings them all to life. As Russ Abbott would say, "I love a party with an atmosphere."
Right, back to it!
Happy reading, and happy writing!
The Pride and the Sorrow: Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, 2010 - Second Round!

On February 25th, The Pride and the Sorrow made it to the Second Round of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, 2010.
This surprised me a great deal considering there were 5000 entries in the General Fiction category. I look forward to the quarterfinals at the end of March!
To check out my entry - my novel set in New Orleans - please click here.

The Pride and the Sorrow: Bookhabit Novel Award - Winner!

Matt receives a US$5000 prize and is "thrilled" about winning the first Bookhabit competition. We will be posting an interview with Matt on Bookhabit shortly. Congratulations from Bookhabit!
The Pride and the Sorrow: Book Review, June 2008 
New Zealand novelist Geoff Cush, a member of the Bookhabit judging panel, had the following to say about the Bookhabit Award 2008:
"What made Matt Fullerty's writing stand out, from the very first sentence, was an unusually strong and individual way with words. Taking us into the vanished world of old America and Europe he uses a highly textured language to give an almost physical experience of being in that place and time. Drawing subtle lines between a society top-heavy with leisure and the profligate genius it produced in Morphy, he holds back the historical and personal reckoning while letting it gather and brood like the storm that finally washes away New Orleans. In my view this makes The Pride and the Sorrow a stand-out all rounder in the craft of literary fiction.
Places and characters from The Pride and the Sorrow and The Murderess and the Hangman
Characters and settings from THE PRIDE AND THE SORROW and THE MURDERESS AND THE HANGMAN
Paul Morphy, World Chess Champion
Matt Fullerty, Author Fan Site