title: Matthew Tree
text: # Matthew Tree
  
  Matthew Tree (born December 30, 1958) is a writer in English and Catalan. He has lived in Barcelona since 1984.
  
  ## Work
  
  Apart from publishing both fiction and non-fiction, he is a contributor to various newspapers and magazines such as Catalonia Today, The Times Literary Supplement, Barcelona INK, Altaïr, El Punt Avui and L'Esguard. He has also appeared on various Catalan language radio and TV stations and is current a monthly guest on Catalunya Ràdio's chat show L'Oracle. In 2005 and 2006 he scripted and presented two series of the infotainment programme Passatgers for TV3 (Catalan Public Television).
  
  Politically, Tree has declared his support for Catalan independence.
  
  