- Robert Reuland
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name = Robert Charles Reuland
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birthdate = birth date and age|1963|11|1
birthplace = Dallas, Texas
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occupation =Novelist
nationality = American
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genre =Literary fiction ,Crime fiction
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website = http://www.robreuland.comRobert 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 , andJames 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.External links
* [http://www.robreuland.com Author Website]
* [http://www.reulandlaw.com Law Firm Website]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504E4D9103FF931A35757C0A9679C8B63 New York Times Review of "Hollowpoint"]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405EEDD123FF933A2575BC0A9679C8B63 "A Crime-Writing Prosecutor Finds Success and Loses Job" New York Times]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D06E0DC133BF93AA35754C0A9629C8B63 New York Times Public Lives]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/nyregion/05mbrfs-book.html?_r=1 "End of Book Battle for District Attorney" New York Times]
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0727,gardiner,77120,2.html "Writing Off a Career" Village Voice]Persondata
NAME=Reuland, Robert
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Novelist, Lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH=1963
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