Matt Witten is a TV writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who has written for many TV shows including Law & Order, House, Pretty Little Liars, and CSI: Miami. His thriller novel The Necklace has been published in eight languages and optioned for film by Leonardo DiCaprio. His novel Killer Story, about a true-crime podcaster, won a Foreword Indie award for best mystery. Matt wrote four amateur sleuth novels, including the Malice Domestic Award-winning Breakfast at Madeline’s, and has been nominated for two Edgars and an Emmy. He wrote the movie Drones, and his published stage plays include The Deal, Washington Square Moves, and The Ties That Bind. His speculative thriller 51% will be published in 2026; NBC has hired him to cowrite a TV pilot adaptation.