Reggie Nadelson

{{short description|American novelist}} '''Reggie Nadelson''' is an American [[novelist]], known for writing [[mystery novel]]s.<ref>Faber & Faber https://www.faber.co.uk/author/reggie-nadelson/</ref>

==Early life== She was born and raised in [[Greenwich Village]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. After graduating from [[City and Country School]] and [[Elisabeth Irwin High School]] in Greenwich Village, she majored in English at [[Vassar College]], and then earned a graduate degree in journalism at [[Stanford]].<ref>Reggie Nadelson: 'about me' {{cite web |url=http://www.reggienadelson.com/reggie.html |title=Reggie Nadelson: Author, journalist, filmmaker |accessdate=2012-02-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224070624/http://www.reggienadelson.com/reggie.html |archivedate=2012-02-24 }}</ref> Nadelson was raised in a secular Jewish family and describes herself as such today.<ref name="Reggie Nadelson">{{cite news |title= Mastering the Pork Roast |url= https://www.reggienadelson.com/departures/pork.html |publisher=Reggie Nadelson's Website | author=Reggie Nadelson |year= 2009}}</ref> She has reported on secular Jewish culture in America for the BBC radio show, ''[[From Our Own Correspondent]]''.<ref name = "BBC, From Our Own Correspondent">{{cite news |title= New Yorkers stock up for Passover |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17563016 |publisher=BBC | author= Reggie Nadelson |date= 2012-03-31}}</ref>

==Career== She migrated to [[London]] for ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper, and subsequently ''[[The Independent]]''. She also began writing documentaries for the [[BBC]].<ref>BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2236495.stm</ref> She has also contributed to the United States magazine ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', as well as several other [[London]]-based newspapers and magazines.

In 1995, she created ''[[Artie Cohen]]'', a Russian-born, New York City cop around whom most of her novels would be based.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reggienadelson.com/artie.html |title=Reggie Nadelson: Author, journalist, filmmaker |accessdate=2012-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224070639/http://www.reggienadelson.com/artie.html |archivedate=2012-02-24 }}</ref>

[[Tom Hanks]] has optioned Nadelson's [[Dean Reed]] biography ''[[Comrade Rockstar]]'' and is planning to produce a movie on Reed's life.<ref name = "NYT/IHT">{{cite news |title= An American who gyrated to a Communist beat |url= http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/07/features/idlede8.php |publisher=The New York Times / International Herald Tribune | author=Thomas Mallon |date= July 7, 2006}}</ref>

==Personal life== She spends her time living in both [[Manhattan]] and [[London]].

==Bibliography==

===The Artie Cohen series=== *1995 ''[[Red Mercury Blues]]'' (also published as ''Red Hot Blues'') *1997 ''[[Hot Poppies]]'' *1999 ''[[Bloody London]]'' *2002 ''[[Sex Dolls]]'' (also published as ''Skin Trade'') *2004 ''[[Disturbed Earth]]'' *2005 ''[[Red Hook (novel)|Red Hook]]'' *2006 ''[[Fresh Kills (novel)|Fresh Kills]]'' *2009 ''[[Londongrad (novel)|Londongrad]]'' *2010 ''[[Blood Count (novel)|Blood Count]]''

==Other novels== *''[[Somebody Else (novel)|Somebody Else]]'' (2003) *''[[Manhattan 62]]'' (2014)

==Non-fiction== *''[[Who is Angela Davis?: The Biography of a Revolutionary]]'' (1972) See [[Angela Davis]]. *''[[Comrade Rockstar]]'' (1991) (also published as ''Comrade Rockstar: The Life and Mystery of [[Dean Reed]], the All-American Boy Who Brought Rock 'N' Roll to the Soviet Union'') *''[[At Balthazar: The New York Brasserie at the Center of the World]]'' (2017) See also [[Balthazar (restaurant)|Balthazar]]

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{Cite news |title= Crime - On the waterfront (review) |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/oct/29/featuresreviews.guardianreview33 |work=[[The Guardian]] | author= Helena Kennedy |date= October 29, 2005}} *{{Cite news |title= Entertainment: Comrade Rockstar by Reggie Nadelson (review) |url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article392054.ece |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110517030121/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article392054.ece |url-status= dead |archive-date= May 17, 2011 |publisher=[[The Sunday Times (UK)]] | author= Adam Sweeting | author-link= Adam Sweeting |date= November 21, 2004}} *{{Cite news |title= Friday Book: Sex and drugs and nuclear weapons; Sex Dolls by Reggie Nadelson|url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-84416777.html |work= [[The Independent]] | first= Matthew J. |last= Reisz |date= April 5, 2002}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

==External links== * [http://www.reggienadelson.com Official Website] * [http://www.artiecohenmysteries.com Artie Cohen Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523095514/http://www.artiecohenmysteries.com/ |date=2009-05-23 }} * [http://www.edbookfest.co.uk/media-gallery/item/ian-rankin-with-reggie-nadelson Reggie Nadelson in conversation] with [[Ian Rankin]] at the [[Edinburgh International Book Festival]], 2010 *[http://www.shotsmag.co.uk/interview_view.aspx?interview_id=202 2011 Interview in Shotsmag Ezine]

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