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.''

Early life and education

Hart was born and raised on

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. He graduated from

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in 2000 and earned a degree in journalism from

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, in 2004.

Career

Hart worked as a reporter for the ''

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'', covering general assignment and state politics. Thereafter, he was the communications director for

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man

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. He was the publisher for

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, where he published and edited crime and mystery novels, and currently the class director at LitReactor. He has written short stories for publications like ''Thuglit'', ''Joyland'', and ''Helix Literary Magazine''. His short stories appeared in sites like LitReactor, ''

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'',

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, Criminal Element, The Literary Hub, Birth.Movies.Death, and

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. He is the writer of the Ash McKenna novels, a five-book crime thriller series. The first entry, ''New Yorked'', was nominated for an

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in the Best First Novel category in 2016. In 2017, Hart collaborated with

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on the mystery crime novel ''Scott Free.'' In 2018, ''The Warehouse'' was sold to Crown at

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and the American film director,

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optioned the film rights for the book. 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. In 2022, ''

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'' named ''The Paradox Hotel'' one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of the year.

Publications

Standalone books

* ''The Last Safe Place: A Zombie Novella'' (2013) * ''Take-Out: And Other Tales of Culinary Crime'' (2019) * ''The Warehouse'' (2019) * ''Blood Oath'' (2022) * ''The Paradox Hotel'' (2022)

Ash McKenna series

* ''New Yorked'' (2015) * ''Bad Beat'' (2016) * ''City of Rose'' (2016) * ''South Village'' (2016) * ''The Woman from Prague'' (2017) * ''Potter's Field'' (2018)

References

External links

Official website
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