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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Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Matt Fullerty


E-mail: fullerty@gmail.com

Author Website: www.mattfullerty.com

Dear England: A Letter from America (blog): http://dearengland.blogspot.com

APPOINTMENTS


09/10 – 05/11              THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC.

                                   

Professorial Lecturer in English.

 

01/11 – 05/11              Currently teaching class Introduction to British Literature, “The Nineteenth and Twentieth Century”

                                    (with focus on Romantic and Victorian poets and fiction writers). 


09/10 – 12/10              Taught class on Comedy entitled: “So you think that’s funny? Comedy from the Greeks to

the Post-Modern and Beyond” (with primary focus on the history of comedy in European drama).

 

09/10 – 12/10              Taught class Introduction to British Literature, “The Nineteenth and Twentieth Century”

                                    (with focus on Romantic, Victorian and Modernist poetry). 

 

 

09/09 – 05/10              UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, Washington, DC (online).

                                   

Faculty Lecturer, English.

 

12/09                           Became Certified Instructor.

 

09/09 – 05/10              Taught “Children’s Literature in a Pluralistic Society.”

 

 

01/09 – 04/09              UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, ROYAL HOLLOWAY, Bloomsbury, London.

                                    Lecturer in Creative Writing.


01/09 – 04/09              Taught the M.A. in Creative Writing alongside UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion (Director of the M.A. in Creative Writing), poet Jo Shapcott and novelist Susanna Jones.                                 


01/09 – 04/09              Taught a postgraduate workshop (Fiction): I taught the class for the first half of the term, then swapped students (and vice versa) with Professor Motion.                                    


01/09 – 04/09              Taught a postgraduate class (Reading as a Writer): I taught a weekly novel alongside a

critical text in order to inspire fiction-writing in the above Fiction workshop.  

 

 

9/04 – 12/08                THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC, USA.

 

Professorial Lecturer in English.          

 

9/08 – 12/08                Taught class “Introduction to American Literature, 1865-Present.”

 

9/07 – 12/07                GTA for Dr. Jonathan Hsy, “Early English Literature: Imagined Realms, Expanding Horizons.”

 

1/07 – 4/07                  Taught Introduction to British Literature, “The Nineteenth and Twentieth Century.” Covered last two centuries of British literature, teaching freshman through seniors.

 

9/06 – 12/06                Taught Introduction to British Literature, “The Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century.” Covered four centuries of British literary history in one class, teaching freshman through seniors.

 

9/05 – 6/06                  Taught University Writing freshman composition class, “Extreme Censorship: Adaptation from Text to Screen.” (Fall 2005 and Spring 2006).

 

9/04 – 6/05                  Taught University Writing freshman composition class, “Lost in the Academy: The Academic Novel in Britain and America.” (Fall 2004 and Spring 2005).

 

9/04 – 12/04                Tutored DC police in writing in the Police Science B.A. program.

 

WRITING RESIDENCIES

8 / 11                           VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Johnson, VT (forthcoming).


                                    Writing Fellow (Artist's Grant and Work Exchange Grant).

                                    Residency to continue my third novel American Con Artist.

                                    See Vermont Studio Center and VSC YouTube video for more details.

 

6 7/10                       I-PARK FOUNDATION, East Haddam, CT.


Writing Fellow (Writer-in-Residence), Artists’ Enclave at I-Park.

One-month residency on I-Park estate, to work on my third novel American Con Artist.

See I-Park's list of fellows for Creative Writing. 

 

7/19/10                       Reading: American Con Artist (main presentation), I-Park www.-i-park.org.

6/27/10                       Reading: The Murderess and the Hangman (initial presentation), I-Park www.-i-park.org.

 

 

EDUCATION

9/03 – 5/08                 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC.

Ph.D. in English (19th and 20th century British and American literature).                          

Ph.D. Dissertation: The British and American Academic Novel: The Professorromane, The Comic Campus, The Tragic Self.

Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in the English Department, 4-year fellowship.

 

 

9/01 – 6/02                  UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, Norwich, England.

                                    M.A. in Creative Writing (Prose) with UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and W. G. Sebald.

 

 

9/99 – 3/00                  WEST HERTS COLLEGE, Watford, England.

Pg.Dip. (Postgraduate Diploma) in Multimedia Publishing. Covered all aspects of Editorial (copy-editing and proof-reading), Marketing (planning an integrated campaign), Commissioning, (researching a list), DTP (QuarkXPress) and Multimedia (Photoshop and webpage construction).

 

 

9/95 – 6/98                  OXFORD UNIVERSITY, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, England.

B.A., English Language and Literature, (2:1).

Activities: College rowing captain of 2nd eight crew (1996-97), and 1st eight crew (1997-98).

 

9/88 – 6/95                  THE MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL, England.
6/95                             3 A Levels (all Grade A): English, French, Geography

6/94                             Warren Prize for English; Lower-sixth Geography Prize

 

93 – 94                         8 GCSEs (all Grade A): Maths, English Language, English Literature (Oral Distinction),

 French, German, Geography, Latin, Chemistry

 

9/03 – 6/04                  Tutored undergraduates and graduates for 4 semesters in the University Writing Center.

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

10/10                           Journalism: Daily Mail (UK): Feature News Story about Sir David Attenborough (national story).

                                    Feature: "How a skull found in David Attenborough's garden has solved one of Victorian Britain's most gruesome murder mysteries."

                                    News Story: "Skull found in Sir David Attenborough's garden that solves 1879 Barnes murder mystery."

                                   

06/10                           Novel Trilogy: American Con Artist (work-in-progress).

American Con Artist is Part One of American X Trilogy (American Con Artist,

American Sophomore, American Author). Currently writing as resident, Artists’ Enclave at I-Park.

 

06/10                           Novel: The Murderess and the Hangman, with London literary agent James Wills, Director of Watson Little.

 

                                    Book Editor:

1/11                             Loveswept in Turkey by Dr. Engin Holmstrom, a cross-cultural novel about a British merchant seaman and an upper-class Turkish girl set

                                    in the 1950s. 


12/10                           The Death of Prussia: The Elimination of Germany's Easternmost Province by Peter Clark, former Chief, World Economics Studies Division,

                                    International Monetary Fund.        


6/10                             Building an Alliance with a Patient who has a Severe and Chronic Trauma History, Psy. D. dissertation, by Katie-Scarlet O'Byrne.


5/10                             Bootstraps: Is the Price too Low? by Bruno Mpoy, 1st Unison Publishing, New York.


05/10                           Review: Author interview for F Street Review with British novelist Andrew Smith in review of his WWII novel Edith's War               

                                    for Axiom Publishing: http://edithswar.com/id12.html


9/08                             Novel: The Pride and the Sorrow, with London literary agent James Wills of Watson Little.

7/08                             Opening chapter of The Pride and the Sorrow published in Word Riot.

TBD                             Opening chapter of The Pride and the Sorrow to be published in THEMA.

                       

9/08                             Dissertation:

The British and American Academic Novel: The Professorromane, The Comic Campus, The Tragic Self

To be published by Parkgate Press in June 2011.

 

8/08                             Screenplay: The Knight of New Orleans, with London agent Meg Davis, Director of MBA Literary Agency, and registered with the Writers Guild of America, East.

 

Critical Reviews: The St. Ann’s Review.

Summer/Fall 2003         Future, Past, Present. Review of Anne Ursu’s Spilling Clarence and The Disapparation of James (novels).

Winter/Spring 2004       Deciphering Stones. Review of Ben Dowling’s The Calligraphy Shop (poetry).                        

 

6/02                             Short Fiction: For Kicks, published in Paper, Scissors, Stone: New Writing from the University of East

Anglia (2002). University of East Anglia Press, 2002, ISBN: 978-0953607235

Please click Wikipedia here for a full list of my short fiction.

 

1999 – 2002                  Poetry: Poems published in Island, Fire, Poetry Monthly, Manifold and Weyfarers (UK poetry magazines).

 


 

AWARDS

 

8/11                             Writer-in-Residence (Fiction), Artist's Grant, Vermont Studio Center (forthcoming).

                                    Please see this video introduction to the Vermont Studio Center.                                   


6 7/10                       Writing Fellow (Writer-in-Residence, Fiction), Artists’ Enclave at I-Park.

See I-Park's list of fellows for Creative Writing.


7/10                             Contender, Claymore Dagger Award 2010 http://killer-nashville.com/conference-info/attendees

 

6/10                             Murder on a Sunday Afternoon, Agented-only Entry, BBC National Short Story Award 2010 (UK).

 

2/10                             Second Round, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award 2010 (General Fiction) for

The Pride and the Sorrow, my novel about New Orleans chess player Paul Morphy.

 

7/08                             Winner of Bookhabit Novel Competition 2008 for The Pride and the Sorrow. See

http://reviewyak.com/?m=200806 and www.mattfullerty.com for more details.

 

6/08                             ‘Almost Finalist’ in The William Faulkner-Wisdom Competition for The Pride and the Sorrow.  See The Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society at www.wordsandmusic.org/competition2008FaulknerWinners.html

 

5/08                             ‘Alternate Choice’ to live in Jack Kerouac's old house for 3 months, The Kerouac Project (www.kerouacproject.org). This the house where Kerouac wrote The Dharma Bums.

 

4/06                             English Department Graduate Teaching Award 2006-2007 (George Washington University).

 

9/03 – 4/07                  4-year GTA Scholarship Award 2003-2007 (George Washington University).

 


INTERVIEWS


2/11                             On 16th February 2011, I will interview as a 'talking head' for Beyond Productions's TV show "Deadly Women" in New York, NY.

                                    I have been invited to speak about the subject of my second novel, murderess Kate Webster, one of an episode's featured subjects.

                                    "Deadly Women" will air in the US on Investigation Discovery during this fall's 5th season of the show, from August 2011.

                                    You can watch previous episodes of the show here.


05/10                           My interview of British novelist Andrew Smith published on his publisher's (Axiom Publishing) website:

                                    http://edithswar.com/id12.html


06/08                           My interview with the Bookhabit Show's 20,000 podcast listeners after winning the Bookhabit Award for The Pride and the Sorrow.

                                    Please click here for the 23-minute interview with Clare Tanner of the Bookhabit Show (distributed by Review Yak).


CONFERENCES

 

12/09                           MLA Convention, Philadelphia.

                                    Panel Assistant for George Washington University.


4/09                             Paper entitled My current research and publication plans and the Seamus Heaney Centre.”

                                    Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland Ireland.                                                                                                           Presentation before the English department.            

                                                     

3/09                             Panel organizer and chair, The Runnymeade Literary Festival.                                                                                          

                                    Showcasing novels and short stories for the M.A. Creative Writing, Prose Writers (7 speakers).                                                       

                                    The University of London, Royal Holloway.            

                                                     

1/09                             Paper entitled “Telling a national story: the John McGahern Archives and the value of literary archives to Creative Writing programs.”   The National University of Ireland, Galway.                                                                                                                               Presentation before the Board of Assessors.                                                      

 

4/07                             Paper entitled “The Invisible Line: Ethical Responsibility between Professor and Student in the Academic Play, Butley (1971), Educating Rita (1980) and Oleanna (1992).”

College English Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Conference Theme: Empathy and Ethics.

 
3/05                            Paper entitled “When Fiction and Theory Meet: Cascading Time and Einstein’s Dreams.

English Student Association, CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, New York, USA.

Conference Theme: Owning It: Theory/Anti-Theory/After Theory.

 

3/05                             Paper entitled “When Fiction and Theory Meet: Cascading Time and Einstein’s Dreams.

American Comparative Literature Association 2005 Annual Meeting.
Conference Theme: Imperialisms – Temporal, Spatial, Formal.

 

4/04                             Panel Chair, “Something About Film.”                                                                                                                           

                                    GW Writing Department 2004 Symposium.       

 


 

CONSULTING AND BUSINESS WRITING (FREELANCE)

 

3/10 – Present              NIMBO TECHNOLOGIES (www.nimbotech.com), New York, NY.

                                    Independent contractor and writing consultant for IT company specializing in 'cloud computing.' Writer of company profile, philosophy, speeches, brochures, professional blog postings.      


9/08 – Present              EXPERT RATING (www.expertrating.com), Washington, DC.

                                    Freelancing for ISO 9001-2000 certified company: online certification and training to individuals and companies in over 60 countries.

I write testing content (80 questions at a time) in the following subjects (both UK and US versions): English language skills, Creative Writing skills, Online Blogging skills, Language translations (between English and French, Spanish and German), Differences between British and American English, Grammar, and Public Relations.

 

3/09 – 6/09                 ROSETTA STONE (www.rosettastone.com), Washington, DC.

                                    Freelanced for the world’s leading foreign language-software company.

                                    Content Editor for UK – US (and vice versa) English Language Content.


9/01 – 11/02               HEINEMANN EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS, Oxford, England.

Freelance editor for secondary schoolbooks: 35 projects completed. Edited and proofed wide range of books including English, Maths and Further Education (Sport, Psychology). Liaised with editors and authors.

 


PUBLISHING EMPLOYMENT (IN-HOUSE EDITOR)

 

3/00 – 7/01                  HODDER & STOUGHTON EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS, London, England.

Desk Editor: 17 months on the Maths list for secondary school books. Handled manuscripts from initial copy-editing through to publication. Worked with in-house Production, Design and Marketing departments, and managed freelance copy-editing and proof-reading.  Range of editing skills required: checking and re-writing English, breaking down questions for students and incorporating design elements.

 

1/00 – 2/00                  ORION PUBLISHING PLC, London, England.
Intern, Fiction Department: Drafted press releases. Reviewed copies of newspapers for internal files. Wrote reports of forthcoming books’ opening chapters.

 

10/99                           DARTON, LONGMAN & TODD PUBLISHERS, London, England.

Intern: Processed manuscripts’ publication declines and foreign right permissions in Editorial

department.

                            

 

SKILLS

Computer:

·      Teach English classes using Blackboard, leading online teaching interface.

·      English Graduate Student Association, Website Designer www.gwu.edu/~egsa/index.html

·      Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint.

·      QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Photoshop, both Mac and PC. Designer of Web Pages, personal and corporate. HTML. Development of a commercial CD-ROM.

·      Research and construction of an on-line database for Law Review of Cavendish Publishing.   

 

Languages:

·      French, good written and spoken.

·      German and Latin, written.

 

Professional Organizations:

·      Oxford University Alumni Society, Washington DC member.

·      University of East Anglia Alumni Society.

·      Modern Languages Association (MLA), member 2005-present.

·      Writers Guild of America, East, member 2007-present (registered screenplay).

 

Additional:

·      First Aid in the Workplace.

·      Full, clean driving license.

·      Non-smoker.

·      ‘Chesapeake Man’ 2010 Swimfest, 2.4 mile swim in Chesapeake Bay, Cambridge, MD.

·      Marine Corps Marathon 2009

·   New York Marathon 2004.

·      London Marathon 2000, raised £700 for children’s charity “Child-line.”

·      PADI scuba diving (to 60ft) qualification, 2009.


 

 

LITERARY AGENT (FICTION AND NON-FICTION)


2008 – 2011                  James Wills, Director, Watson Little Ltd, London.

                                    Please click here for more details.




ACADEMIC REFERENCES         

 

US References

 

Judith Plotz, Professor of English and Dissertation Director, The George

                                                 Washington University, jplotz@gwu.edu

                                   

David McAleavey, Head of Creative Writing, The George Washington University

                                                  david.mcaleavey@gmail.com

 

Marshall Alcorn, Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies, and

Dissertation Reader, The George Washington University, alcornma@gwu.edu

 

Margaret Soltan, Professor of English and Dissertation Reader, The George Washington

University, msoltan@gwu.edu

                                    

Gil Harris, Professor of English and Dissertation Chair, The George Washington

University, jgharris@gwu.edu

                                    

Tara Wallace, Dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, The George

Washington University, tgw@gwu.edu

 

 

UK References

 

Sir Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate (UK), University of London, Royal Holloway

                                                andrew.motion@btinternet.com

 

Jo Shapcott, Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of London, Royal Holloway

            jo.shapcott@virgin.net

 

Dr. Nicholas Shrimpton, Vice President, (Lady Margaret Hall), Oxford University

            nicholas.shrimpton@lmh.ac.uk

 

Dr. Helen Barr, Fellow and Tutor in English, (Lady Margaret Hall), Oxford University

helen.barr@lmh.ox.ac.uk

 
 

 

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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 Professorial Lecturer in English (British Literature) at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He has taught Creative Writing at the University of London, Royal Holloway and in July 2010 was the Creative Writing (Fiction) Writer-in-Residence at I-Park Foundation. In August 2011 he will attend the Vermont Studio Center on an Artist's Grant.