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Matt Christopher is America's bestselling sports writer for children. Matt Christopher's books have been selling since when he wrote his first book, The Lucky Baseball Bat. Since that time, sales have surpassed the 30 million mark. In , Matt Christopher talked about being a children's book author.
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Christopher Matthew
British writer and broadcaster (born )
For persons of a similar name, see Chris Matthews (disambiguation).
Christopher Matthew | |
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| Born | Christopher Charles Forrest Matthew () 8 May (age&#;85)[1] Lewisham, South London, England[2] |
| Occupation | Writer, broadcaster |
| Language | English |
| Education | The King's School, Canterbury St Peter's College, Oxford |
| Genre | Books, radio, television |
| Notable works | Now We Are Sixty, Diary of a Somebody |
| Spouse | Wendy |
| Children | Two sons, one stepdaughter |
Christopher Charles Forrest Matthew (born 8 May ) is a British writer[1] and broadcaster. He is the author of Now We Are Sixty, inspired by the poems of A. A. Milne in the book Now We Are Six, and the chronicler of the life and times of the hapless hero, Simon Crisp, in Diary of a Somebody.
Early life
[edit]Matthew was born in Lewisham, South London.[2] As a child he lived in Merle Common,
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Christopher Matthew
Christopher Matthew has been a broadcast journalist, novelist, memoirist and best-selling writer of comic verse.
As a journalist, he was restaurant critic for Vogue, property correspondent for Punch, a TV and book reviewer for The Daily Mail, and a travel writer for The Sunday Times.
He has appeared many times on BBC Radio 4 in a variety of guises – as chairman of The Travelling Show, presenter of Fourth Column, and contributor to Quote Unquote. He has been heard going off in all directions with Alan Coren in Freedom Pass, pottering around assorted sporting venues with Des Lynam in Touchline Tales and looking back on life nostalgically with Martin Jarvis in Jarvis and Matthew.
His verse collections based on the works of were runaway bestsellers. His latest collection of verse, A Bus Pass Named Desire, was followed in by a memoir exploring life while seventy and young.