Robert Kolker

Robert Kolker is a contributing editor at New York Magazine and the author of Lost Girls, a New York Times best-seller[1] that was named one of Publisher's Weekly's Top Ten Books of 2013.

Early life

Kolker grew up in Columbia, Maryland, where he was a high school classmate of actor Edward Norton and New York City Councilmember Mark Levine. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Columbia University in the City of New York in 1991.

New York Magazine

Kolker's work at New York often focuses on everyday people caught up in extraordinary events. His 2006 investigation into sexual abuse in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community[2] helped bring an abuser to justice and was nominated for a National Magazine Award. His exploration of an eighteen-year murder-exoneration case and the police tactics that can lead to false confessions[3] received the Harry Frank Guggenheim 2011 Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Award.

Lost Girls

Kolker's 2013 book Lost Girls recounts the lives of five sex workers murdered by the Long Island Serial Killer, and recounts the story of the hunt for the as-yet-unidentified killer. It also explores the implications of the emergence of on-line personal ads as a major vehicle for sex work. The book received wide critical acclaim.

References

  1. ↑ "Combined Print and E-Book Non-Fiction Best Sellers". New York Times. July 28, 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Kolker, Robert (2006). "On the Rabbi's Knee". New York Magazine. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Kolker, Robert (Oct 3, 2010). "I Did It". New York Magazine. Retrieved 3 November 2013.

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