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Brian McDonald

Born

in New York City, N.Y. (The Bronx), The United States

March 15, 1954

Genre

Nonfiction, Crime, Memoir

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Brian McDonald contributes frequently to New York City newspapers, including The New York Times. His first book, My Father's Gun, won critical raves and became the subject of a major History Channel documentary series. McDonald is also the author of Last Call at Elaine's, Indian Summer, and Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket. He lives in Manhattan.
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Average rating: 3.72 · 1,366 ratings · 190 reviews · 53 distinct works • Similar authors

	Safe Harbor: A Murder in Nantucket 3.73 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Floors Up: The Heroic Family Story of Four Generations in the FDNY 4.15 avg rating — 179 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Middle of the Night: The Shocking True Story of a Family Killed in Cold Blood 3.19 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Father's Gun: One Family, Three Badges, One Hundred Years in the NYPD 3.82 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alice Diamond And The Forty Elephants: Britain's First Female Crime Syndicate 3.01 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Call at Elaine's: A Journey From One Side Of the Bar to the Other 3.77 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gangs of London 3.67 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indian Summer: The Tragic Story of Louis Francis Sockalexis, the First Native American in Major League Baseball 3.69 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not the End, but the Beginning: The Impact of Race and Class on the History of Jordan High School, 1963-1988 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invisible Ink: Building Stories from the Inside Out by Brian McDonald, Stewart Stern (foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It takes a long time to write something that is easy to read.”
― Brian McDonald, Ink Spots

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“We know that those things to which we have an emotional connection stick with us better than those for which we have none. Dramatization is a way to get your intellectual ideas across to your audience emotionally.”
― Brian McDonald

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“is boring to most people. Nothing happens. On the other end of the spectrum is the story that uses characters who are simply buffeted around by the story. Things happen to them, and character and”
― Brian McDonald, Ink Spots

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