Richard Patrick Dooling (born 1954) is an American

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and screenwriter. He is best known for his novel ''White Man's Grave'', a finalist for the 1994

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for Fiction, and for co-producing and co-writing the 2004

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miniseries ''Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital''. Dooling's first novel, ''Critical Care'' (1992), was made into a 1997 movie of the same title, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring

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and

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. His next three novels—''White Man's Grave'' (1994), ''Brain Storm'' (1998), and ''Bet Your Life'' (2002)—were all ''New York Times'' Notable Books. In conjunction with ''Kingdom Hospital'', he also wrote ''The Journals of Eleanor Druse'' (2004), writing as Eleanor Druse, a character in the miniseries. Dooling's

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"Bush Pigs" was read as part of ''

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'', a program produced by Symphony Space in New York and aired on

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. The performance was later included on the CD ''Getting There from Here'', a compilation of listeners' favorites from the program. His nonfiction book ''Blue Streak: Swearing, Free Speech, and Sexual Harassment'' (1996) is an examination of the social and legal implications of profane speech. In '' Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ'' (2008) he explores the implications of machine intelligence overtaking human intelligence. He has also written op-ed pieces for ''The New York Times'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Dooling was born in Omaha,

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, and is a graduate of Saint Louis University (1976) and

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(1987). He has been a practicing attorney and developer of web-based legal tools for the

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firm

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. For several years, Dooling was a professor and lecturer at the

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Works

*Novels **''Critical Care'' (1992) **''White Man's Grave'' (1994) **''Brain Storm'' (1998) **''Bet Your Life'' (2002) **''The Journals of Eleanor Druse'' (writing as Eleanor Druse) (2004) *Nonfiction **''Blue Streak: Swearing, Free Speech, and Sexual Harassment'' (1996) **''Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ'' (2008) *As contributor or editor **''Rendezvous in Black'' by

Cornell Woolrich Cornell George Hopley Woolrich ( ; December 4, 1903 – September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer. He sometimes used the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley. His biographer, Francis Nevins Jr., rated Woolrich th ...

. Modern Library 20th Century Rediscoveries, 2004

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(Introduction) **''Who Can Save Us Now?: Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories'' (2008) (''Roe #5'')

References

External links

Richard Dooling's website
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