Dary Matera (born 1955) is an author who specializes in real-life casebooks. He is from Chandler, Arizona.
Matera grew up in Bangkok, Thailand, and Angeles City, Philippines, as the son of a Voice of America foreign service officer. He attended junior high at the International School of Bangkok, and then transferred to Wagner High School on Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines.
After returning to America and graduating from the University of Miami in 1977, Matera worked as a reporter for The Miami News (1977–82). He covered the city beats—education, crime, politics and general assignment.
Matera became an independent author in 1986. His first mass market, non-fiction book, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, detailed the controversial story of Elvis Presley's lifelong relationship with a troubled Louisiana woman.
Matera has appeared in a half dozen television documentaries, including programs on The FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted, 1930s bank robber John Dillinger, 1960s cult leader Charles Manson, and 1970s giant serial killer Ed Kemper. Matera has also appeared in 9 episodes of the television show America: Fact vs Fiction which airs on the American Heroes channel.
His other books include:
Get Me Ellis Rubin! -- The Life, Times and Cases of a Maverick Lawyer. (St. Martin's Press, 1989). It was published in paperback by St. Martin's Press under the title For the Defense in June 1991.
Quitting The Mob - How the Yuppie Don Left the Mafia and Lived to Tell His Story. (HarperCollins, 1992)
What's In It For Me? - How an Ex-Wise Guy Exposed the Greed, Jealously and Lust That Drive Arizona Politics. (HarperCollins, 1992)
Taming The Beast – Charles Manson’s Life Behind Bars. (St. Martin's Press, 1998) Republished in 2020 under the title "Charles Manson - Conversations with a Killer."
Strike Midnight -- a novel (Vine Books, 1994).
Angels of Emergency—Rescue Stories From America's Paramedics and EMTs. (HarperCollins, July 1996).
The Pena Files—Dramatic Cases From The World's Top PI. (Regan Books {HarperCollins imprint} August 1996).
Among Grizzlies, (ghosted) (HarperCollins, Spring 1997).
Childlight – How Children Reach Out to Their Parents From the Beyond. (New Horizon Press, Spring, 2001).
A Cry for Character – How a Group of Kids Cleaned Up Their Rowdy School and Provided the Antidote to Columbine. (Prentice Hall/Penguin, Summer, 2001).
The FBI's Most Wanted, (William Morrow/HarperTorch, Fall, 2003).
John Dillinger – The Life and Death of America’s First Celebrity Criminal. (Carroll-Graf, Spring, 2004).
Stolen Masterpiece Tracker – The Dangerous Life of the FBI’s Number 1 Art Sleuth (Barricade Books, 2006)
"MacArthur's Children - They Lost Their Innocence, In Every Way Imaginable" Novel (Kindle edition, 2010)
Charles Manson - Conversations with a Killer (Barns & Noble/Sterling, 2019)
Ed Kemper - The Coed Killer (Conversations with a Killer series, Barns & Noble/Sterling, 2021)
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Retrieved July 25, 2021. Extradition of Charles 'Tex' Watson George, Edward; DaryMatera (1999). Taming the Beast: Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars. Macmillan...
Orlando: Harcourt, 2006. ISBN 978-0-15-100500-0 George, Edward, and DaryMatera. Taming the Beast: Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars. New York: St. Martin's...
Archived from the original on 2016-01-21. Retrieved 7 December 2015. DaryMatera, FBI's Ten Most Wanted (NY, Harper Torch, 2003) page 43. Hudson v. Michigan...
Bircham and Daley Osiyemi In Development 2021 What’s In it For Me? Writer, Producer Based on a novel by Joseph Stedino and DaryMatera In Development...
photographer Michael O'Brien, columnist John Keasler, and best-selling author DaryMatera, who served as a general assignment reporter from 1977 until 1982. Over...
account of the theft of The Scream by Edvard Munch. McShane, Thomas; DaryMatera (2007). Loot: Inside the World of Stolen Art. Maverick House Publishers...
Gang Boston, Massachusetts: Powderhouse Press, 2010. ISBN 9780982991503 Matera, Dary. FBI's Ten Most Wanted. New York: HarperCollins, 2003. ISBN 0-06-052435-9...
Archived from the original on July 12, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2009. Matera, Dary (May 22, 1933). John Dillinger: The Life and Death ... - Google Books...
Spree". Miami Herald. p. 120. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Matera, Dary; Spitolnick, Scott (April 6, 1978). "Fourth man held in mass murders...
the original on 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2017-05-24. McShane, Thomas & Matera, Dary (2006). "18. No Boston Tea Party at Isabella's". Stolen Masterpiece Tracker...
The Real Beach Boy. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-404-7. George, Edward; Matera, Dary (1999). Taming the Beast: Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars. St. Martin's...
Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995. (pg. 195–197) ISBN 0-275-94990-7 Matera, Dary. John Dillinger: The Life and Death of America's First Celebrity Criminal...
New York: Facts On File Inc., 2002. (pg. 178-179) ISBN 0-8160-4488-0 Matera, Dary (2005). John Dillinger: The Life and Death of America's First Celebrity...
Cases & Criminals – John Dillinger". Fbi.gov. Retrieved April 21, 2017. Matera, Dary (2005). John Dillinger: The Life and Death of America's First Celebrity...
Island Swing Bridge: Pedestrian possibilities". Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Matera, Dary (2004). John Dillinger: The Life and Death of America's First Celebrity...