What People Are Saying
“Swamp Monsters is the right book at the right time by the right author. It drops the reader right into the eye of America’s political hurricane, delivering juicy details with unrelenting speed and force.”
— Jonathan Allen, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign and Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
“Matt Dixon is one of the keenest and best-sourced observers of Florida’s political maelstrom. In Swamp Monsters, he captures the war between Donald Trump and his former apprentice Ron DeSantis with insight, clarity, and deeper analysis than anyone else. Florida is America’s laboratory of crazy ideas, and Matt is your tour guide.”
— Rick Wilson, cofounder of the Lincoln Project and #1 New York Time bestselling author of Everything Trump Touches Dies
“Florida Swamp Thing vs. New York tabloid creature: the ultimate political fight, told masterfully here by Matt Dixon. Who will win — and at what cost?”
— Marc Caputo, national politics reporter, The Messenger
“As a native Florida man, I know that the politics of my home state are tougher to crack than the Zodiac Killer’s cipher — but fear not, fellow truth-seeker: Matt Dixon is here. Swamp Monsters is an alternately haunting and hilarious first draft of history.”
— Billy Corben, director, Cocaine Cowboys and God Forbid
About the Author
Matt Dixon is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News and the former Florida bureau chief for POLITICO. One of the best-known and -sourced reporters covering Florida politics, he has played a key role in NBC News’s 2024 presidential election coverage and has lived in the Sunshine State, where moved immediately after graduation to work for the Villages Daily Sun, since 2008. A Wisconsin native and a graduate of Marquette University, he now lives in Tallahassee.
Book Tour Dates
January 11
Midtown Reader
Tallahassee, FL
January 13
Beaverdale Books
Des Moines, IA
January 16
Oxford Exchange
Tampa, FL
January 17
Poco Vino
Tallahassee, FL
January 21
Books & Books
Coral Gables, FL
January 22
Politics & Prose
Washington, DC
January 12
Tiger Bay Club
Orlando, FL
January 28
Story & Song
Fernandina Beach, FL
January 31
Tombolo Books
St. Petersburg, FL