Matt Birkbeck (born Brooklyn, N.Y.) is an American investigative journalist and author.
He is best known for his books A Beautiful Child (2004), which told the tragic story of "Sharon Marshall" and her "father" Franklin Delano Floyd, and the sequel Finding Sharon (2018), which is a memoir about his ten-year effort, along with the FBI and National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, to find Sharon's true identity. Both books were adapted by Netflix for the 2022 documentary Girl in the Picture, for which Birkbeck is executive producer.
He also wrote the critically acclaimed Deconstructing Sammy (2008) about the life of Sammy Davis Jr. and efforts to resolve his debts and his legacy following his death in 1990, The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino (2013), about the influential Mafia boss Russell Bufalino, and he also authored A Deadly Secret (2002/2015), about New York real estate scion Robert Durst, who was accused of murdering his wife Kathie Durst and two others.[1] The book was adapted by Lifetime for the 2017 movie The Lost Wife of Robert Durst.
His latest book is The Life We Chose (2023), tells the story of William D'Elia, who was the former head of the Bufalino Crime Family and the so-called son and confidant to former mob boss Russell Bufalino.
Birkbeck has written magazine pieces and features for a variety of publications, covering the aftermath of the 2004 Super Bowl riots for Boston Magazine, the cross-country pursuit of a civil rights worker by white supremacists for the Philadelphia Inquirer, features for The New York Times, the Robert Durst investigation for Reader's Digest, the U.S. Secret Service prosecution of baseball legend Denny McLain and the Mafia forPlayboy, and others.
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MattBirkbeck (born Brooklyn, N.Y.) is an American investigative journalist and author. He is best known for his books A Beautiful Child (2004), which...
Borgman. It's based on the books A Beautiful Child and Finding Sharon by MattBirkbeck, who also serves as executive producer. The story is centered on a young...
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be questioned by Vermont police. Author and investigative journalist MattBirkbeck reported in 2003, and again in his 2015 book A Deadly Secret, that credit...
(ISBN 978-0425204405) is the best selling non-fiction book by author MattBirkbeck, published by Berkley/Penguin in 2004 and in paperback in 2005. It tells...
Deadly Secret: The Strange Disappearance of Kathie Durst (2003) by MattBirkbeck Murder of a Mafia Daughter: The Life and Tragic Death of Susan Berman...
Howard (2016). Organized Crime. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781305633711. Birkbeck, Matt (2013). The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino...
The Quiet Don: The True Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino by MattBirkbeck was published in October 2014 by Berkley Books. Brandt, Charles (2004)...
facing scrutiny in other states along route". southcoasttoday.com. CALL, MattBirkbeck OF THE MORNING (23 August 2009). "FBI database links highway killings...
Bobbi Bacha has been mentioned in several books: A Deadly Secret by MattBirkbeck With Out a Trace by Marion Collins Out of Control by Steve Long Celebrity...
The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino, by MattBirkbeck, has been erroneously reported that Sciandra was the brother-in-law...
Meaghan. "Credits". The Charley Project. Retrieved 25 September 2019. MattBirkbeck (2005). A Beautiful Child: A True Story of Hope, Horror, and an Enduring...
length and the repetition of the title line. Writing for Rolling Stone, MattBirkbeck referred to the songs, naming "Objects", as "harmless, low-octane operatic...
Deconstructing Sammy is a book by author MattBirkbeck about the life and death of Sammy Davis, Jr. and the subsequent efforts to restore his legacy....
Vassel (2011) Deconstructing Sammy: Music, Money, Madness, and the Mob, MattBirkbeck (2008) Dr. Susan Taylor's Rx for Brown Skin: Your Prescription for Flawless...
full-time undergraduate student experience, commonly omit reference to Birkbeck, University of London, and the Open University, both of which specialise...
Primetime Live". "Kristen Modafferi: America's Most Wanted Episode". Birkbeck, Matt (December 2003). "Without a Trace" (PDF). Reader's Digest. New York...
the Mount Airy Casino, however the board voted against the proposal. Birkbeck, Matt (2013). The Quiet Don. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group. p. 29...
The Ultimate Event!". Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Birkbeck, Matt. Deconstructing Sammy. Amistad. New York, 2008. p. 213 Summers, Swan...
School of Speech and Drama. In 2005, he completed an evening class at Birkbeck College and was subsequently accepted for a degree course in history, politics...
Figes was found to have written Amazon reviews under the names "orlando-birkbeck" and "historian", praising his own books and condemning those of fellow...
from Kingston University in London and an MSc in Global Politics from Birkbeck, University of London.[citation needed] "Waimakariri Newsletter, Winter...
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