Rob Hart (author) explained

Rob Hart
Birth Place:Staten Island, New York City
Alma Mater:Monsignor Farrell High School
State University of New York at Purchase
Occupation:Author, novelist
Website:https://robwhart.com/

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]

Early life and education

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

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

Standalone books

Ash McKenna series

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Bartell . Gerald . Review An online warehouse gone rogue. Driverless cars, hijacked: Fiction that feels eerily possible. . . 2020-12-31 . 2020-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201028180603/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/an-online-warehouse-gone-rogue-driverless-cars-hijacked-fiction-that-feels-eerily-possible/2019/10/08/5d6f75a0-b7b1-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html . live .
  2. News: Review: Rob Hart's 'The Warehouse' is whip-smart thriller . . 2020-12-31 . 2019-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190922174840/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/19/review-rob-harts-the-warehouse-is-whip-smart-thril/ . live .
  3. News: Schrefer . Eliot . Embrace the Cloud: Rob Hart chills with dystopian thriller 'The Warehouse' . . 2020-12-31 . 2020-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026085123/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2019/08/21/rob-hart-warehouse-book-review-dystopian-thriller/2004393001/ . live .
  4. News: Rob Hart was a guy with a past: Then he got 'New Yorked' . . 11 June 2015 . en . 31 December 2020 . 14 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210414053700/https://www.silive.com/entertainment/2015/06/new_yorked.html . live .
  5. Web site: Monsignor Farrell High School Class of 2000 . 2020-12-31. monsignorfarrellhighschool.org. 2022-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220402104158/http://monsignorfarrellhighschool.org/class-of-2000.html. live.
  6. Web site: Turning Words: Careers in Book Publishing. 2020-12-31. purchase.edu. State University of New York at Purchase. en. 2022-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220402104210/https://www.purchase.edu/calendar/event/11670. live.
  7. Web site: 2019-08-26. Rob Hart on What It Feels Like to Write the Summer's Breakout Thriller. 2020-12-31 . CrimeReads.com . en-US. 2021-01-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121220848/https://crimereads.com/rob-hart-on-what-it-feels-like-to-write-the-summers-breakout-thriller/. live.
  8. 'The Warehouse': How Big Business meets Big Brother in this dystopian thriller . . EN . 2020-12-31 . 2021-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210117215133/https://ew.com/author-interviews/2019/09/16/rob-hart-the-warehouse/ . live .
  9. Web site: 2018-05-01. West Brighton author lands movie deal with Ron Howard. 2020-12-31. silive.com. en. 2022-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202124732/https://www.silive.com/entertainment/2018/05/from_staten_to_the_screen_west.html. live.
  10. Web site: Goldenberg. Sally E.. 2008-03-10. New blood in Recchia camp?. 2020-12-31. silive.com . en. 2022-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220402104132/https://www.silive.com/cityhallinsider/2008/03/new_blood_in_recchia_camp.html. live.
  11. Web site: Fleming. Mike Jr.. 2018-04-30. Imagine's Brian Grazer Wins 'The Warehouse' Book Auction As Directing Vehicle For 'Han Solo's Ron Howard. 2020-12-31. Deadline.com . en-US. 2020-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125025135/https://deadline.com/2018/04/the-warehouse-imagine-ron-howard-solo-a-star-wars-story-brian-grazer-imagine-1202379709/. live.
  12. Web site: Rob Hart. 2020-12-31. Goodreads. 2020-11-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20201127152056/https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6525349.Rob_Hart. live.
  13. Web site: Hart. Rob. Follow the Turnpike: A Conversation with James Queally. 2020-12-31. Los Angeles Review of Books. 2021-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20210302031732/https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/follow-the-turnpike-a-conversation-with-james-queally/. live.
  14. Web site: Tips for Writing About Distant Lands in Fiction. 2020-12-31. Writer's Digest. en. 2021-01-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20210124193120/https://www.writersdigest.com/publishing-insights/tips-writing-distant-lands-fiction. live.
  15. Web site: 2016-10-11. Ten Great Books by Up-and-Coming Crime Fiction Writers . Strand Magazine . 2020-12-31 . en-US. 2020-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20200921191308/https://strandmag.com/ten-great-books-by-up-and-coming-crime-fiction-writers/. live.
  16. Web site: 2013-05-30. Self-publishing has become a cult. 2020-12-31. Salon.com . en. 2021-01-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20210124034735/https://www.salon.com/2013/05/30/self_publishing_has_become_a_cult/. live.
  17. News: Hart. Rob. 2017-07-30. We Need More Wonder Women. en. The Daily Beast. 2020-12-31. 2020-08-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200812131657/https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-need-more-wonder-women. live.
  18. Web site: 2016-12-01. On Overcoming a Deadly Case of Writer's Block. 2020-12-31. Literary Hub. en-US. 2020-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108143647/https://lithub.com/on-overcoming-a-deadly-case-of-writers-block/. live.
  19. Web site: Hart. Rob. 2017-07-12. Four Decades Of The Condor. 2020-12-31. Birth.Movies.Death.. en. 2021-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513021106/https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/07/12/four-decades-of-the-condor. live.
  20. Web site: Pate. James. Interview with Crime Writer Rob Hart. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200909052457/https://entropymag.org/interview-with-crime-writer-rob-hart/. 2020-09-09. 2020-12-31. Entropy. en-US.
  21. Web site: 2015-08-10. Winners and Nominees. 2020-12-31. Bouchercon. en. 2020-10-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20201009234527/http://www.bouchercon.com/anthony-awards/winners-and-nominees/. dead.
  22. Web site: admin. 2016-05-06. 2016 Anthony Award Nominees. 2020-12-31. Bouchercon. en. 2016-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20160712233826/http://www.bouchercon.com/2016anthonysnominees/. dead.
  23. News: The Warehouse by Rob Hart review – tussles with a tech titan . . 12 August 2019 . en . 31 December 2020 . 8 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201108000203/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/12/the-warehouse-rob-hart-review . live .
  24. News: Bussel . Rachel Kramer . How The Death Of A Minimum Wage Dunkin' Donuts Worker Inspired Thriller 'The Warehouse' . . en . 2020-12-31 . 2022-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220402104222/https://gum.criteo.com/syncframe?origin=publishertag&topUrl=www.forbes.com . live .
  25. Exclusive preview: Big Brother meets Big Business in the Ron Howard-optioned thriller 'The Warehouse' . . EN . 2020-12-31 . 2021-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210413174314/https://ew.com/books/2019/01/30/the-warehouse-thriller-preview/ . live .
  26. Web site: 'The Warehouse': How Big Business meets Big Brother in this dystopian thriller. 2020-12-31. EW.com. EN. 2021-01-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210117215133/https://ew.com/author-interviews/2019/09/16/rob-hart-the-warehouse/. live.
  27. Web site: The-Warehouse-by-Rob-Hart - The Crown Publishing GroupThe Crown Publishing Group. 2020-12-31. The Crown Publishing Group. en. 2022-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220402104155/https://crownpublishing.com/archives/news/warehouse-rob-hart/the-warehouse-by-rob-hart. live.
  28. Web site: 2020-06-15. Empire at 40 From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back Authors Revealed. 2020-12-31. StarWars.com. en-US. 2021-01-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20210124155937/https://www.starwars.com/news/empire-at-40-from-a-certain-point-of-view-the-empire-strikes-back-authors-revealed. live.
  29. Web site: Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022 . 2022-11-25 . Kirkus Reviews . en.

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