Matthew J KellerMatthew J. Keller was the kind of kid who watched documentaries instead of cartoons. That preference never left him. Growing up in Chicago, he developed an early obsession not just with what happened in history but with why - why certain empires roseand collapsed, why borders fell where they did, why the world that exists today looks the way it does instead of a dozen other ways it easily could have.He spent his early career in industrial sales before attending Charleston School of Law, graduating in 2010 and practicing in Charleston before opening his own firm. He returned to Chicago in 2014, continued practicing law, and eventually stepped away from the law to return to business. In 2019 he relocated to Atlanta, where he lives with his wife and two children and runs a manufacturing and industrial sales company.The books began with a question his oldest daughter asked about their family's ancestors and an early American colony. The question sparked a research rabbit hole that led to another, and then another. Why did the thirteen colonies become the United States and not something else? The deeper he dug, the further south and further back the answer went - to Spanish expeditions, Caribbean colonies, and a city in Florida that predates Jamestown by 42 years. His trilogy exploring the foundations of American history - from the thirteen colonies to Spanish imperial ambition to Cuba - was the first subject his curiosity demanded he write.Keller believes history should be experienced, not endured. His books are built to bring the past to life as a multifaceted, immersive story - grounded in documented evidence, driven by the people who made decisions under pressure, and honest about the ambition, accident, and violence that shaped the world we inherited. His catalog is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats in English and Spanish, published through The M&S Press, LLC. Read More Read Less