Rob Hart (author)

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]