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Rob Hart (author)

Rob Hart (born 1982 - New York, USA) is an American author, novelist and former journalist. He is best known for his work The Warehouse and the Ash McKenna series.[1][2][3]

Rob Hart
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Staten Island, New York City
Alma materMonsignor Farrell High School
State University of New York at Purchase
Occupation(s)Author, novelist
Websitehttps://robwhart.com/

Early life and education edit

Hart was born and raised on Staten Island, New York City, New York.[4] He graduated from Monsignor Farrell High School in 2000 and earned a degree in journalism from State University of New York at Purchase, in 2004.[5][6][7]

Career edit

Hart worked as a reporter for the Staten Island Advance, covering general assignment and state politics. Thereafter, he was the communications director for New York City Councilman Domenic Recchia.[8][9][10] He was the publisher for Mysterious Press, where he published and edited crime and mystery novels,[11] and currently the class director at LitReactor.[12] He has written short stories for publications like Thuglit,[13] Joyland,[14] and Helix Literary Magazine.[15]

His short stories appeared in sites like LitReactor, Salon.com, The Daily Beast, Criminal Element, The Literary Hub, Birth.Movies.Death, and Electric Literature.[16][17][18][19]

He is the writer of the Ash McKenna novels, a five-book crime thriller series.[20] The first entry, New Yorked, was nominated for an Anthony Award in the Best First Novel category in 2016.[21][22]

In 2017, Hart collaborated with James Patterson on the mystery crime novel Scott Free.[23] In 2018, The Warehouse was sold to Crown at Penguin Random House and the American film director,[24] Ron Howard optioned the film rights for the book.[25][26][27]

Hart wrote Due on Batuu, a short story in the 2020 Star Wars anthology From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back, featuring the character Willrow Hood.[28]

In 2022, Kirkus Reviews named The Paradox Hotel one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of the year.[29]

Publications edit

Standalone books edit

  • The Last Safe Place: A Zombie Novella (2013)
  • Take-Out: And Other Tales of Culinary Crime (2019)
  • The Warehouse (2019)
  • Blood Oath (2022)
  • The Paradox Hotel (2022)

Ash McKenna series edit

  • New Yorked (2015)
  • Bad Beat (2016)
  • City of Rose (2016)
  • South Village (2016)
  • The Woman from Prague (2017)
  • Potter's Field (2018)

References edit

  1. ^ Bartell, Gerald. "Review | An online warehouse gone rogue. Driverless cars, hijacked: Fiction that feels eerily possible". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  2. ^ "Review: Rob Hart's 'The Warehouse' is whip-smart thriller". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 2019-09-22. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  3. ^ Schrefer, Eliot. "Embrace the Cloud: Rob Hart chills with dystopian thriller 'The Warehouse'". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  4. ^ "Rob Hart was a guy with a past: Then he got 'New Yorked'". Staten Island Advance. 11 June 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Monsignor Farrell High School Class of 2000". monsignorfarrellhighschool.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  6. ^ "Turning Words: Careers in Book Publishing". purchase.edu. State University of New York at Purchase. Archived from the original on 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  7. ^ "Rob Hart on What It Feels Like to Write the Summer's Breakout Thriller". CrimeReads.com. 2019-08-26. Archived from the original on 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  8. ^ "'The Warehouse': How Big Business meets Big Brother in this dystopian thriller". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  9. ^ "West Brighton author lands movie deal with Ron Howard". silive.com. 2018-05-01. Archived from the original on 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  10. ^ Goldenberg, Sally E. (2008-03-10). "New blood in Recchia camp?". silive.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  11. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (2018-04-30). "Imagine's Brian Grazer Wins 'The Warehouse' Book Auction As Directing Vehicle For 'Han Solo's Ron Howard". Deadline.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  12. ^ "Rob Hart". Goodreads. Archived from the original on 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  13. ^ Hart, Rob. "Follow the Turnpike: A Conversation with James Queally". Los Angeles Review of Books. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  14. ^ "Tips for Writing About Distant Lands in Fiction". Writer's Digest. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  15. ^ "Ten Great Books by Up-and-Coming Crime Fiction Writers". Strand Magazine. 2016-10-11. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  16. ^ "Self-publishing has become a cult". Salon.com. 2013-05-30. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  17. ^ Hart, Rob (2017-07-30). "We Need More Wonder Women". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  18. ^ "On Overcoming a Deadly Case of Writer's Block". Literary Hub. 2016-12-01. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  19. ^ Hart, Rob (2017-07-12). "Four Decades Of The Condor". Birth.Movies.Death. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  20. ^ Pate, James. "Interview with Crime Writer Rob Hart". Entropy. Archived from the original on 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  21. ^ "Winners and Nominees". Bouchercon. 2015-08-10. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  22. ^ admin (2016-05-06). "2016 Anthony Award Nominees". Bouchercon. Archived from the original on 2016-07-12. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  23. ^ "The Warehouse by Rob Hart review – tussles with a tech titan". The Guardian. 12 August 2019. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  24. ^ Bussel, Rachel Kramer. "How The Death Of A Minimum Wage Dunkin' Donuts Worker Inspired Thriller 'The Warehouse'". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  25. ^ "Exclusive preview: Big Brother meets Big Business in the Ron Howard-optioned thriller 'The Warehouse'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  26. ^ "'The Warehouse': How Big Business meets Big Brother in this dystopian thriller". EW.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  27. ^ "The-Warehouse-by-Rob-Hart - The Crown Publishing GroupThe Crown Publishing Group". The Crown Publishing Group. Archived from the original on 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  28. ^ "Empire at 40 | From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back Authors Revealed". StarWars.com. 2020-06-15. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  29. ^ "Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-11-25.

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