About RichardDooling.com
Posted by Richard Dooling on February 8th, 2006
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This website is a Chimera: Part blog, part website, part link repository. It is owned and operated by Richard Dooling: Part man, part beast, part novelist, part writer, part word, book, film, and dark chocolate lover.
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Bio
There never was a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn’t be. He is too many people, if he’s any good.
–F. Scott Fitzgerald
Richard Dooling was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his B.A. from St. Louis University in 1976 and, in 1979, began working as a respiratory therapist in intensive care units.
After traveling for over a year in Europe and Africa, he went back to law school at St. Louis University, where he was editor in chief of the Saint Louis University Law Journal.
He practiced law at Bryan Cave LLP in St. Louis for four years.
His first novel, Critical Care, was made into a film directed by Sidney Lumet. His second novel, White Man’s Grave, was a finalist for the 1994 National Book Award. His third novel, Brain Storm, and his fourth novel, Bet Your Life, were both New York Times Notable Books Of The Year.
Richard Dooling is also the author of Blue Streak: Swearing, Free Speech, and Sexual Harassment, a collection of essays on the first amendment and the politics of swearing.
Dooling’s Diary Of An Immortal Man, which appeared in Esquire Magazine, was a finalist for the National Magazine Award in 1999. His writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, The L.A. Times, and The National Review. He also contributes op-ed pieces to the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the National Law Journal.
New York Times subscribers may view Richard Dooling’s op-ed columns and book reviews by searching the New York Times Archives.
In 2003-2004, Richard Dooling co-wrote and helped produce Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital for ABC.
He lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife Kristin and their four children.
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Thanks for visiting!
ingenius one there.
I’ve never read Carl Sandburg’s poem before. But this town has penis envy. So what if we’re never going to have a major league baseball or football team! I like the drive to KC to watch the Royals and the Chiefs. This is a nice place to live and it’s relatively easy to raise a family here. My daily commute of 15 miles (one way) straight through the city takes 30 minutes (thank you, expressway). The overall views of the people seem to fairly conservative. (Again, conducive to raising a family.) Why is Omaha so worried about attracting outsiders or getting recognition from those who don’t live here? Let’s not ruin a good thing by overpopulating the place and ramping up costs.
Left by Rick Dunn on August 1st, 2006