Mat Head

Matthew Head is the pseudonym of John Edwin Canaday (1907–1985), an art critic and writer who served as the New York Times art critic for seventeen years. Under the Matthew Head pen name, he wrote seven mystery novels, three of which are set in the Congo and based on his experiences traveling there as a French translator in 1943. Canaday was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, and his series sleuth, Dr. Mary Finney, is also said to be from Fort Scott.