About Matthew Speiser
Matthew Speiser is a novelist, whose debut work of historical fiction, Sons of Liberty, reached #9 as a Best Seller for Military Historical Fiction, and whose next work, To The Manor Born, an alternate history conjuring a world where the Civil War never ended, was released on September 14, 2023. Prior to this, he wrote numerous pieces grappling with American history, in publications ranging from the Tennessee Historical Quarterly to McSweeney’s.
His doctoral dissertation examined battles over our national memory of the Civil War, which were waged long after the actual battlefields had quieted. As a veteran history teacher and Associate Head of Upper School for Academics at the Marymount School in Manhattan, Dr. Speiser engages with the legacy of America’s past every day. He holds a PhD in U.S. History from the University of Virginia.
