Matt Witten

Matt Witten

@mattwitten.bsky.social

My speculative thriller 51% comes out this year. Wrote The Necklace and Killer Story. TV: wrote for House, Law & Order and Pretty Little Liars. www.mattwittenwriter.com

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My favorite podcast I've done this year!

John Richardson@richardsonsrubicon.com

What if justice had to be crowdfunded? Matt Witten’s 51% imagines a privatised America where even murder investigations depend on money, visibility, and marketability. That gives the world real teeth. Episode here: https://rubipod.link/51percent #SpeculativeFiction #Worldbuilding #DystopianFiction

One of my favorite reviews for 51%! "Matt Witten's venture into murder mystery, suspense, political commentary, action, and even something of a touching love story, all-in-one, is an amazing effort --- a terrific and extremely enjoyable experience for readers." www.bookreporter.com/reviews/51

bookreporter.com51% | Bookreporter.comTwenty years from now, the United States is completely privatized. The Big Six syndicates own schools, roads, police departments...even human beings. When a young immigrant woman --- 51% owned by the ...

Happy Pub Day to me! I'm celebrating by hiking in Wales with my wife, girlfriend, and editor, Nancy Seid. Thank you to everyone for your support! Especially all the #bookstagrammers who gave 51% a chance even if "dystopian murder mystery thriller" wasn't their usual genre! #dystopianfiction

Hey hey hey! Cover reveal! My new speculative thriller 51% comes out on April 28! In a future where corporations own everything—including people—one murder could ignite a revolution. #speculativethrillers #politicalthrillers #thrillers

My thriller Killer Story is only $1.99 this month on Kindle! Petra Kovach has a chance to make it big as a true-crime podcaster, investigating the murder of a girl she knew. But her ambition is at war with her idealism - and she better put the “true” back in “true crime,” or the killer will go free.

It's official: my thriller FREE FOR ALL will be published next year! I love this book and am so excited to share it with people. FREE FOR ALL is set 20 years from now, when just about everything’s been privatized and the Big Six corporate syndicates own schools, police departments... and people.

When our house burned down in the #PalisadesFire, I lost my only copies of the first play I ever wrote, Alaska Fire. I thought the play was gone forever. But miraculously, someone on Facebook I'd never met before, Wendy Revel, had a copy she'd saved for 40 years. Yesterday she gave it to me.

This is me working on my novel during the traffic jam as we were being evacuated from the #palisadesfire. (Our house burned down later that day.) Smoke all around us, but hey, a writer's gotta write!

Last night my wife's podiatrist left a message on her phone: "I've been wanting to do something for victims of the #palisadesfire so from now on all your treatments will be free." The best thing about this experience has been seeing people's amazing kindness.

My days since our house burned down in the #palisadesfire consist of errands, errands, and more errands, interrupted by occasional bouts of writing my novel, getting confused about insurance, and looking for my phone.

Ten of my favorite books from last year: Sociopath: A Memoir, by Patric Gagne Open Minded, by Chloe Seager The Clinic, by Cara Reinard The Stolen Hours, by Allen Eskens Behind the Lie, by Emilya Naymark Catch Her When She falls Since She’s Been Gone Yellowface That Left Turn at Albuquerque The Maid

Quite an ending to the world chess championship match! I was rooting for Gukesh, so I'm glad. But I like Ding too, and I hated to see him lose with one of the biggest blunders in championship match history. Overall, this was one of the most exciting sports events I've ever watched! Fabulous games!

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