Rob Hart | |
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Born | 1982 (age 41–42) Staten Island, New York City |
Alma mater | Monsignor Farrell High School State University of New York at Purchase |
Occupation(s) | 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]
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]
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]