Eliot Kleinberg is an author and a retired (December 2020) news and features writer for the ''

Palm Beach Post ''The Palm Beach Post'' is an American daily newspaper serving Palm Beach County in South Florida, and parts of the Treasure Coast. On March 18, 2018, in a deal worth US$42.35 million, ''The Palm Beach Post'' and ''The Palm Beach Daily News'' we ...

'' in

Palm Beach County Palm Beach County is a county located in the southeastern part of Florida and lies directly north of Broward County and Miami-Dade County. The county had a population of 1,492,191 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous county ...

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. Born in Coral Gables,

, Kleinberg grew up in South Florida and received two degrees from the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

. He was a reporter for ''

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'' from 1984 through 1987, when he returned to Florida and joined the

. He has written extensively about many different aspects of Florida, and is most notable for his books
Weird Florida
' an
''Weird Florida II''
an
''Black Cloud''
a history of the great 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. His first work of fiction is
Peace River
'' a historical novel set during the Civil War. He now is assembling a series of mysteries featuring 1920s Miami police detective Nate Moran. He also publishes a blog about bad writing, and how to fix it, called "Something Went Horribly Wrong."

Bibliography

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Pioneers in Paradise: West Palm Beach, the First 100 Years
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Florida Fun Facts
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Historical Traveler's Guide to Florida
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Weird Florida
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War in Paradise: Stories of World War II in Florida
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Our Century (Palm Beach Post staff)
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Black Cloud: The Deadly Hurricane of 1928
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Weird Florida II: In a State of Shock
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Palm Beach Past: The Best of Post Time
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Wicked Palm Beach: Lifestyles of the Rich and Heinous
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Palm Beach County at 100 (Palm Beach Post staff)
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References

External links

Eliot Kleinberg's websiteEliot Kleinberg's Palm Beach Post articles

Eliot Kleinberg's author Facebook page
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