Author Biography
Author, single father, and entrepreneur, Matthew S. Field is a native of St. Louis, Missouri. Climbing the corporate ladder with a series of Fortune 1000 companies, Matt and his wife, Lori, and two daughters settled into a new home in New York's Hudson Valley. Within the year, the family learned two pieces of life-changing news.First, the couple was expecting their third child. Second, Lori was diagnosed with advanced stage, occult metastatic breast cancer. On June 19, 2004, the couple welcomed a son. After making a career change, Matt Field's first title, Father Like A Tree, was released one year later. However, Lori succumbed to her illness early in 2005 and did not see the completed work.In addition to writing, Field speaks professionally and provides reading and writing workshops to schools and libraries. He is also a stay-at-home dad for his three children. In addition to Father Like A Tree, Field's credits include the illustrated children's book,The Three Pigs, Business School, and Wolfe Hash Stew (2007), and mainstream fiction novel, The Dream Seeker, (2010). The Single Father's Guide to Life, Cooking and Baseball is his first nonfiction book.
