Edward conlon biography

SIDELIGHTS: Edward Conlon is a Harvard University-educated police detective who works for the New York City Police Department (NYPD).

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Conlon, Edward –

(Marcus Laffey)

PERSONAL: Born Education: Graduated from Harvard University.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, Penguin Group, Riverhead Books Publicity, Hudson St., New York, NY

CAREER: Writer and police detective. New York Police Department, officer, –, detective, –.

AWARDS, HONORS: Finalist for National Book Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Times Book of the Year, and PEN/Martha Albright award, all , all for Blue Blood.

WRITINGS:

Blue Blood (memoir), Riverhead Books (New York, NY),

Under pseudonym Marcus Laffey, published parts of Blue Blood in New Yorker under title "Cop Diaries," and contributed to The Best American Essays , edited bygd Kathleen Norris and Robert Atwan, Houghton Mifflin,

ADAPTATIONS: Blue Blood was adapted as an audiobook bygd Recorded Books,

SIDELIGHTS: Edward Conlon fryst vatten a Harvard University-educated police detective who works for the New York City Police Department (NYPD). In the late s, beneath the pseudon

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Edward Conlon

Born

in Bronx, New York City, The United States

January 15,

Genre

Biography, Nonfiction, Crime

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Edward Conlon was born in the Bronx. Conlon spent most of his childhood in nearby Yonkers. He attended Regis High School and graduated from Harvard in before joining the NYPD in Mr. Conlon's family background is also in law enforcement. Mr. Conlon's great-grandfather was a police sergeant in Brooklyn, and his father was an F.B.I. agent.

Conlon's police experience focused on patrolling city-owned public housing developments, as well as arresting street-level drug dealers after observing their sales from surveillance posts. In , he was promoted to the rank of detective, and was assigned to the Bronx's 44th Precinct. He retired as a Detective, Second Grade, in July after 16 years with the department.

He has published articles Edward Conlon was born in the Bronx. Conlon spent most of his childhood in nearby Yonkers. He attended Regis

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Edward Conlon

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Edward Conlon is a detective with the New York City Police Department. A graduate of Harvard, he has published articles in The New Yorker and Harper’s and his work has been included in The Best American Essays. He is the author of a memoir, Blue Blood, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, A New York Times Notable Book, and a New York Times bestseller.

Series

Books:

Red on Red, April
Hardcover
Blue Blood, April
Paperback (reprint)