Brad Parks
Brad Parks may refer to: * Brad Parks (author) * Brad Parks (tennis) Brad Alan Parks (born April 1, 1957) is an American wheelchair tennis player who co-invented wheelchair tennis with Jeff Minnebraker. During the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour, Uniqlo Wheelchair Tennis Tour in the 1990s, Parks won five singles and ...

Brad Parks (author)
Brad Parks (born July 13, 1974) is an American author of mystery novels and thrillers. He is the winner of the 2010 and 2014 Shamus Award, the 2010 Nero Award and the 2013 and 2014 Lefty Award. He is the only author to have won all three of those awards. He writes both standalone domestic suspense novels and a series featuring investigative reporter Carter Ross, who covers crime for a fictional newspaper ''The Newark Eagle-Examiner'', based in Newark, New Jersey. His novels are known for mixing humor with the gritty realism of their urban setting. ''Library Journal'' has called him "a gifted storyteller (with shades of Mark Twain or maybe Dave Barry)." Early life and education Parks was born in New Jersey and grew up in Ridgefield, Connecticut, where he attended Ridgefield High School. He first started writing professionally for ''The Ridgefield Press'', his hometown newspaper at the time, at age 14, covering high school sports. Parks attended Dartmouth College, where he founde ...
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