Richard Dooling
Richard Dooling (born 1954 in Omaha , Nebraska ) is an American writer, screenwriter and lawyer.
life and work
Richard Dooling was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1954. In 1976 he graduated from Saint Louis University with a degree in English literature and from 1979 worked as an anesthesia technician in hospitals. In the 1980s, he toured Africa and Europe for a year. In 1984 he began to study law at the University of Nebraska , graduating in 1987 and becoming a lawyer in St. Louis .
His first novel Critical Care (1992) was made into a film in 1997 by the director Sidney Lumet ; German title of the film: Die und Erben . His next novel was White Man's Grave (1994), which was nominated for a National Book Award . He was followed by Brain Storm (1998) and Bet Your Life (2002). In collaboration with Stephen King , he wrote the screenplay The Journals of Eleanor Druse (2004) for the TV series Kingdom Hospital under the pseudonym Eleanor Druse .
Works
Novels
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Critical Care , 1992 ( bed five , translated by Gerhard Beckmann, 1997 ISBN 3-423-15104-8 ).
- Film adaptation of Critical Care , with Kyra Sedgwick and James Spader , directed by Sidney Lumet 1997 (German title Die and Erben ).
- White Man's Grave , 1994 ( the white man's grave , translated by Dirk van Gunsteren, 1998).
- Brain Storm , 1998 ( Watson's Brainstorm , translated by Giovanni and Ditte Bandini, Vienna, 1999).
- Bet Your Life , 2002.
- The Journals of Eleanor Druse , 2004 (The Diary of Eleanor Druse: Enigmatic Incidents in the Kingdom Hospital, translated by Claudia Gliemann and Thomas A. Merk, ISBN 3-453-87964-3 ).
Non-fiction
- Blue Streak: Swearing, Free Speech, and Sexual Harassment , 1996.
- Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ , 2008.
script
- Dolan's Cadillac adapted script based on Stephen King's eponymous story from Nightmares .
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Dooling in the catalog of the German National Library
- Richard Dooling in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Richard Dooling's website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dooling, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Druse, Eleanor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Omaha , Nebraska |