Dary Matera, a veteran non-fiction writer & former book editor & reporter for "The Miami News", is the author of the "New York Times" bestseller, "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", as well as "Get Me Ellis Rubin!", & "Taming the Beast: Charles Manson's Crazed Life Behind Bars", currently in development at HBO. Eight of his books have been optioned for film. He resides in Chandler, Arizona.