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 the 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 was the class director at LitReactor.^[12][13]

He has written short stories for publications like Thuglit,^[14] Joyland,^[15] and The Helix.^[16] He has also written non-fiction articles for Salon,^[17] The Daily Beast,^[18] Literary Hub,^[19] Birth.Movies.Death,^[20] and Electric Literature.^[21]

He is the writer of the Ash McKenna novels, a five-book crime thriller series.^[22] The first entry, New Yorked, was nominated for an Anthony Award for Best First Novel in 2016.^[23][24]

In 2017, Hart collaborated with James Patterson on the mystery crime novel Scott Free.^[25] In 2018, Hart's novel The Warehouse was sold to Crown Publishing Group at Penguin Random House and director Ron Howard optioned the film rights for the book.^{[11][26][27][28]}

Hart wrote the short story "Due on Batuu" for the 2020 Star Wars anthology From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back, featuring the character Willrow Hood.^[29]

In 2022, Kirkus Reviews named Hart's book The Paradox Hotel one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of the year.^[30]