Robert Reuland
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| Robert Charles Reuland | |
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| Born | November 1, 1963 Dallas, Texas |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | Literary fiction, Crime fiction |
Robert Charles Reuland (b. 1963) is an American attorney and author of two novels: Hollowpoint (Random House 2001), which was nominated for a Dashiell Hammett Award in 2002, and Semiautomatic (Random House 2004). Both books are set in the Brooklyn D.A.’s Office, where Reuland was an assistant district attorney assigned to the Homicide Bureau. Reuland’s hard-edged but elegant writing is known for its gritty realism and has drawn praise from Dennis Lehane, Alan Furst, George Pelecanos, and James Patterson. A reviewer for the Washington Post referred to Semiautomatic as “the best-written legal thriller I’ve ever read, hands down.”
Reuland gained additional national notoriety in 2001 when fired from his position in the Brooklyn D.A.’s office shortly after the publication of his first book. In an interview with New York Magazine, Reuland observed that Brooklyn had “more bodies per square inch than anyplace else,” which angered Brooklyn District Attorney, Charles J. Hynes. Hynes demoted then fired Reuland, who brought a federal lawsuit claiming infringement of his First Amendment rights. Reuland prevailed after trial in 2004.
Born in Dallas and raised in Iowa, Reuland has lived in Park Slope, Brooklyn for nearly twenty years. He is married to Christine Abbate, a public relations executive, and they have two children.
[edit] External links
- Author Website
- New York Times Review of "Hollowpoint"
- "A Crime-Writing Prosecutor Finds Success and Loses Job" New York Times
- New York Times Public Lives
- "End of Book Battle for District Attorney" New York Times
- "Writing Off a Career" Village Voice
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| NAME | Reuland, Robert |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
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