Jeremy Blachman (born 1979) is an American journalist and the author of ''Anonymous Lawyer: A Novel''.

Biography

Blachman graduated from

Hunter College High School Hunter College High School is a public academic magnet secondary school located in the Carnegie Hill section of the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It is administered and funded by Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and no t ...

in 1996. He received his undergraduate degree from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

, is a 2005 graduate of

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United ...

, 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 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 (trade name), imprint of Pan Macmillan in the United Kingdom and Australia and of Macmillan Publishers (United States), Macmillan Publishing in the United States. Both companies are owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishin ...

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 FanGraphs.com is a website run by Fangraphs Inc., located in Arlington, Virginia, and created and owned by David Appelman that provides statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history. On September 18, 2009, Fangraphs Inc. launched ...

, the

Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

The New Republic ''The New Republic'' (often abbreviated as ''TNR'') is an American magazine focused on domestic politics, news, culture, and the arts from a left-wing perspective. It publishes ten print magazines a year and a daily online platform. ''The New Y ...

, ''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 no ...

, The Nervous Breakdown, SparkLife and

LA Weekly ''LA Weekly'' is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles, California. The paper covers music, arts, film, theater, culture, and other local news in the Los Angeles area. ''LA Weekly'' was founded in 1978 by Jay Levin (among others), ...

References

External links

Interview with The New York Inquirer
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