Matt Rees is an award-winning crime writer. A former Middle East correspondent for Time, he is the author of the internationally acclaimed Omar Yussef crime series, including The Collaborator of Bethlehem, which was awarded the prestigious Crime Writers Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger in 2008. He is also the author of Cain’s Field; Faith, Fratricide, and Fear in the Middle East, a nonfiction account of Israeli and Palestinian society. Matt lives in Jerusalem.