Jeremy Blachman (born 1979), a 2005 graduate of

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

, is a journalist and the author of ''Anonymous Lawyer: A Novel''.

Biography

Blachman graduated from

Hunter College High School Hunter College High School is a secondary school located in the Carnegie Hill neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It is administered by Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY). Hunter is publicly funded, and there ...

in 1996. He received his undergraduate degree from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

and currently lives in New York.

Anonymous Lawyer

Blachman started the Anonymous Lawyer blog in his second year at

taking on the satirical persona of a law firm hiring partner". After revealing his identity to the ''New York Times'' he earned a book deal with

Henry Holt Henry Holt may refer to: *Henry Holt (North Dakota politician) (1887–1944), lieutenant governor *Henry Holt (publisher) (1840–1926), American publisher and author **Henry Holt and Company, Holt's publishing company *Henry E. Holt (born 1929), ...

to turn the blog into a novel. ''Anonymous Lawyer: A Novel'' was published in hardcover in 2006, and then in paperback by

Picador (imprint) Picador is an imprint of Pan Macmillan in the United Kingdom and Australia and of Macmillan Publishing in the United States. Both companies are owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Picador was launched in the UK in 1972 by renown ...

in 2007. The book was in development for a sitcom adaptation at NBC. Anonymous Lawyer has been translated into Korean, Italian, Polish, Thai, Hebrew and Russian.

Journalism

Blachman's journalism and writing has appeared in

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, FanGraphs, the

Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

The New Republic ''The New Republic'' is an American magazine of commentary on politics, contemporary culture, and the arts. Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in hu ...

, ''Moment'', ''Lusso'', Kveller, The Bygone Bureau, Splitsider, Grin & Tonic, Thought Catalog,

The Millions ''The Millions'' is an online literary magazine created by C. Max Magee in 2003. It contains articles about literary topics and book reviews. ''The Millions'' has several regular contributors as well as frequent guest appearances by literary not ...

, The Nervous Breakdown, SparkLife and

LA Weekly ''LA Weekly'' is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1978 by Jay Levin, who served as president and editor until 1991. Voice Media Group sold the paper in late 2017 to Semanal Media LLC, whose pare ...

References

External links

Interview with The New York Inquirer
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