Dary Matera
39/7 Soi Samakee Road Bang Talad Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand
As a child, Dary Matera studied at the International School of Bangkok, where he played a lot of sports.
College Park, MD 20742, United States
Dary Matera attended the University of Maryland.
1977
1320 S Dixie Hwy, Coral Gables, FL 33146, United States
Dary Matera graduated from the University of Miami in 1977.
1973
2000 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89104, United States
The cast from the show "Superstars" at the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas. Elvis, Madonna, Gloria Estefan, Charlie Daniels and Michael Jackson and Dary.
1977
1320 S Dixie Hwy, Coral Gables, FL 33146, United States
Dary Matera graduated from the University of Miami in 1977.
39/7 Soi Samakee Road Bang Talad Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand
As a child, Dary Matera studied at the International School of Bangkok, where he played a lot of sports.
College Park, MD 20742, United States
Dary Matera attended the University of Maryland.
https://www.amazon.com/ARE-YOU-LONESOME-TONIGHT-PRESLEYS/dp/0099569302
1987
(A controversial lawyer shares the details of some of his ...)
A controversial lawyer shares the details of some of his most famous landmark cases, which have emerged from Miami's hotbed of political passion, fast money, and glitzy lifestyles.
https://www.amazon.com/Get-Me-Ellis-Rubin-Maverick/dp/0312033524/?tag=2022091-20
1989
(A former member of the Colombo crime family describes lif...)
A former member of the Colombo crime family describes life in the Mafia and his deal with the government that allowed him openly to leave the Mafia.
https://www.amazon.com/Quitting-Mob-Yuppie-Mafia-Lived/dp/006016493X/?tag=2022091-20
1992
(Matt Slade is a commercial airline pilot with a dangerous...)
Matt Slade is a commercial airline pilot with a dangerous secret life. His world unravels on his wedding day when his bride-to-be and thousands of others suddenly vanish, setting off a turbulent period unlike any other in Earth's history. Grief-stricken and confused, Matt struggles to find meaning in the turmoil of an increasingly unsettled world, where all civilization teeters on the brink of destruction. Before Matt can solve the mystery of his missing fiancée, his search is interrupted by a series of international political upheavals, which pull him back into his secret life and his work on covert operations for the government.
https://www.amazon.com/Strike-Midnight-Dary-Matera/dp/0595143512
1994
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XV4CG22/?tag=2022091-20
1996
(Discusses such cases as the destruction of a Mafia empire...)
Discusses such cases as the destruction of a Mafia empire, corporate looting at Frito-Lay, and his war against IRS corruption.
https://www.amazon.com/Pena-Files-Against-Federal-Corruption/dp/0060391758/?tag=2022091-20
1996
(Former prison counselor to the messianic killer, George e...)
Former prison counselor to the messianic killer, George enraged Manson as an agent of the state's criminal justice system, listened to him as a trusted confessor, spoke for him as an erstwhile press agent-and-almost-connected with him as a friend. George saw Manson in a way the public never would, witnessing the method to his madness, the charisma that underlies his sickness, the pathetic abandoned boy within the homicidal man.
https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Beast-Charles-Mansons-Behind/dp/0312209703/?tag=2022091-20
1998
(Based on her own experiences, an EMT finds that there are...)
Based on her own experiences, an EMT finds that there are many parents who have been contacted by their children from beyond the grave. "Childlight" recounts Theisen's story and the inspiring accounts of other parents with the same experience. 28 photos. Based on her own experiences, an EMT finds that there are many parents who have been contacted by their children from beyond the grave. "Childlight" recounts Theisen's story and the inspiring accounts of other parents with the same experience.
https://www.amazon.com/Childlight-Children-Reach-Parents-Beyond/dp/0882821997/?tag=2022091-20
2001
(The author of Are You Lonesome Tonight? describes the eff...)
The author of Are You Lonesome Tonight? describes the efforts of a group of high-school students from a small midwestern town who took it upon themselves to transform the improper behavior that was ruining their school by developing the first ever character education program that allowed students to effectively alleviate reprehensible behavior.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735202729/?tag=2022091-20
2001
(In its over 50–year history, the FBI's Top Ten Most Wante...)
In its over 50–year history, the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted List has led to the location and apprehension of 429 criminals and has contained some of the most ruthless fugitives the world has ever seen. It has further reflected the changing times in the 1950s mostly gangsters made up the list, while in the 1960s it was populated with liberal radicals.
https://www.amazon.com/FBIs-Most-Wanted-Dary-Matera/dp/0060524359
2003
(John Dillinger is an adrenaline-fueled narrative that rei...)
John Dillinger is an adrenaline-fueled narrative that reignites America's fascination with the suave and deadly desperado who became the FBI's first Public Enemy, whose story until now has been riddled with rumors and fiction. Dillinger and his bank-robbing gang cut a criminal swath never to be equaled, thrilling a nation in the throes of the Great Depression. When caught, Dillinger staged one of the most harrowing prisons escapes imaginable only to finally be betrayed by the infamous "Lady in Red". John Dillinger brings to light bank robberies never before reported; detailed plans for major crimes that Dillinger nearly implemented; the revelation that the Lady in Red was actually a police plant; and the startling motives behind John Dillinger's execution by rogue FBI agents.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786715588/?tag=2022091-20
2004
(Legendary FBI undercover agent Thomas McShane is one of t...)
Legendary FBI undercover agent Thomas McShane is one of the world's foremost authorities on the billion-dollar art theft business, and here he presents a unique memoir that provides a thrilling ride through the underworld of stolen art and historical artifacts. His expertise and indefatigable determination prompted FBI Director William H. Webster to name McShane as the Senior Investigator of the FBI's expanding Art Squad.
https://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Masterpiece-Tracker-Dangerous-Sleuth-ebook/dp/B0069RQ0NO/?tag=2022091-20
2006
Dary Matera was born in 1955. His father was a foreign service officer with the Voice of America, the official American government radio service that broadcasts from stations around the world. By the time Dary was 19, he had lived in New York, Washington, D.C., North Carolina, Thailand, the Philippine Islands, back to Washington, D.C., then down to the middle of Florida.
As a child, Dary Matera studied at the International School of Bangkok, where he played a lot of sports. Soon after that, he attended Wagner High School in the Philippines. When he returned to America he attended the University of Maryland and graduated from the University of Miami in 1977.
Dary Matera began his career working for "The Hurricane", the University of Miami newspaper. In the last semester of his senior year, he interned at “The Miami News” as a reporter from 1977 to 1982.
Matera was a columnist for the Arizona Republic in Phoenix and worked as an editor in the book division of Rodale Press, the publishers of Prevention magazine. At Rodale, he was responsible for the writing and editing of selected chapters in six health and fitness books. He also did public relations work with Spector/Anker Associates. In 1986 Dary became a freelance author.
Matera's first mass-market book “Are You Lonesome Tonight?: The Untold Story of Elvis Presley's One True Love and the Child He Never Knew” wrote with Lucy De Barbin in 1987. His second book “Get Me Ellis Rubin!: The Life, Times, and Cases of a Maverick Lawyer” was published in 1989 with Ellis Rubin.
Matera's third book “Quitting the Mob: How the "Yuppie Don" Left the Mafia and Lived to Tell His Story” came out in 1992 with Michael Franzese and revised edition published as “Blood Covenant” in 2003.
Dary also wrote “What's in It for Me?: How an Ex-Wiseguy Exposed the Greed, Jealousy, and Lust That Drive American Politics” in 1992 with Joseph Stedino, “Strike Midnight” as D. M. Matera in 1994, with Donna Theisen “Angels of Emergency: Rescue Stories from America's Paramedics and EMTs” in 1996, with Octavio G. Peña and Bruce C. McKenna “The Peña Files” in 1996, with Edward George “Taming the Beast: Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars” in 1998, with Donna Theisen “Childlight: How Children Reach out to Their Parents from the Beyond” in 2001, “A Cry for Character” in 2001, “FBI's Ten Most Wanted” in 2003, “John Dillinger: The Life and Death of America's First Celebrity Criminal in 2004.
Dary Matera’s most recent books are “Stolen Masterpiece Tracker – The Dangerous Life of the FBI’s Number 1 Art Sleuth” that was published in 2006 and “MacArthur's Children – They Lost Their Innocence, In Every Way Imaginable” in 2010. He also has been a contributor to periodicals, including Columbia Journalism Review.
Dary Matera's books and their subjects have been prominently featured on 20/20, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, Primetime Live, Larry King Live, Nightline, Expose, Donahue, Oprah, Regis and Kathy Lee, Good Morning America, A Current Affair, Inside Edition, The E True Hollywood Story, Unsolved Mysteries, Hollywood Insider, PM Magazine and Personalities among others.
More than a million copies of “Are You Lonesome Tonight?: The Untold Story of Elvis Presley's One True Love and the Child He Never Knew” were printed worldwide.
(The author of Are You Lonesome Tonight? describes the eff...)
2001(Legendary FBI undercover agent Thomas McShane is one of t...)
2006(Former prison counselor to the messianic killer, George e...)
1998(John Dillinger is an adrenaline-fueled narrative that rei...)
2004(In its over 50–year history, the FBI's Top Ten Most Wante...)
2003(A controversial lawyer shares the details of some of his ...)
1989(A former member of the Colombo crime family describes lif...)
1992(Based on her own experiences, an EMT finds that there are...)
2001(Discusses such cases as the destruction of a Mafia empire...)
1996(Matt Slade is a commercial airline pilot with a dangerous...)
1994
