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Author @MattKnightBooks

Matt Knight


Matt Knight is a San Francisco-based writer and intellectual property lawyer. His writing crosses two genres: near-future fiction that explores the misuse of modern technology, and women’s fiction focused on love, crisis, and personal growth. He holds a BS in pre-med from Pfeiffer University, an MS in biochemistry from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, and a JD from the University of Houston Law School. Various careers seasoned his life in North Carolina and Texas – chemist for the EPA, researcher of urinary bladder cancer, editor of the Houston Law Review, and clerk for the Civil District Court of Texas – before culminating in a fifteen-year career in California as a biotech patent litigator specializing in genetic engineering. His publications have appeared in the New York Times, Independent Book Publisher Association Magazine,  Houston Law Review, and San Diego Union-Tribune. Matt’s GPS coördinates are split between San Francisco and Maui. When he finds snippets of spare time, you can pinpoint him swimming laps, surfing waves, painting a canvas, or unleashing his inner Julia Child.

Read more about his books at www.mattknightbooks.com.

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Publishers
Publishers

Eleven Topics Writers Should Consider When Evaluating Potential Publishers


For over a decade, the ever-evolving publishing industry has blossomed with publishing paths for writers. Now, in addition to traditional publishers who typically pay advances, we have small presses who tend to avoid advances,...

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  • 10th Apr '21
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Legal Scenarios
Legal Scenarios

Bail To Sentencing: Stages Of A Criminal Trial


Earlier this month, two writers asked for a description of criminal trial procedures. Below is an overview of the trial stages from Bail to Sentencing. While states and the federal government follow a standard set of procedures,...

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  • 20th Aug '16
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Defamation
Defamation

Defamation? It’s the truth, I SWEAR! — How to Avoid Libel in Fiction


Whether writing fiction or memoirs, we writers are constantly encouraged by the literary community to mine our own experiences, relationships, and observations for writing material. As I write this post, the old adage “write what...

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  • 13th Aug '16
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Legal Scenarios
Legal Scenarios

Money Laundering


Lawyers. We love our caveats. So here it is. This blog post is not a how-to blog post on money laundering. What I am posting is an answer to a question proposed by Kerry from North Carolina who’s developing a fictional plot...

  • Matt Knight
  • 9th Jul '16
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Hello from Sidebar Saturdays – where the practice of law meets the profession of writing every Saturday morning.  Nice to meet you. We are a group of attorney/writers who share the passion of law and writing. We have extensive...

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  • 4th Jun '16
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