Michael Harvey is an American author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker.
Career
Harvey is the author of seven crime novels, ''The Chicago Way'', ''The Fifth Floor'', ''The Third Rail'', ''We All Fall Down'', ''The Innocence Game'', ''The Governor's Wife'', and ''Brighton''. Harvey is also an investigative reporter, documentary producer and co-creator, producer and executive producer of A&E's groundbreaking forensic series, ''Cold Case Files''. Harvey's investigative journalism and documentary work has won multiple news Emmys and CableACE awards, numerous national and international film festival awards, a CINE Golden Eagle, two Prime-Time Emmy nominations, as well as an Academy Award nomination. Harvey was also selected by the ''
Chicago Tribune
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'' as Chicagoan of the Year in Literature for 2011.
Harvey holds a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude with honors, in classical languages from the
College of the Holy Cross
The College of the Holy Cross is a private, Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, about 40 miles (64 km) west of Boston. Founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the olde ...
, a law degree with honors from
Duke University and a master's degree in journalism from
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
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. Harvey is currently an adjunct professor at Northwestern's
Medill School of Journalism
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. Harvey was born in
Boston
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, graduated from
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Books
P.I Michael Kelly series:
*''The Governor’s Wife'', Knopf, 2015.
*''We All Fall Down'', Knopf, 2011.
*''The Third Rail'', Knopf, 2010.
*''The Fifth Floor'', Knopf, 2008.
*''The Chicago Way'', Knopf, 2007.
stand-alone:
*''Pulse'', Ecco, 2018.
*''Brighton'', Ecco, 2016.
*''The Innocence Game'', Knopf, 2013.
Awards
*Chicago Tribune 2011 Person of the Year – Literature.
*Two Primetime Emmy Nominations for Best Original Non-Fiction Series
*Academy Award Nomination – Best Short Feature Documentary
*Columbus International Film Festival Chris Award
*CINE – Golden Eagle Award
*Houston World Film Festival – Gold Medal
*New York Festivals – Gold Medal
*National CableACE Award – Best News Special
*New York Festivals – World Medal, International Division
*National CableACE Award – Best News Special
*Regional Emmy Award – Best Feature Series
*Columbus International Film Festival Bronze Plaque
*New York Festivals Gold Medal
*Five Regional Emmy Awards
*National Easter Seal Award, Best Feature
References
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Living people
College of the Holy Cross alumni
American crime fiction writers
Duke University School of Law alumni
Northwestern University faculty
Medill School of Journalism alumni
American documentary filmmakers
Writers from Chicago
Film producers from Illinois
American investigative journalists
American male novelists
Boston Latin School alumni
Novelists from Illinois
American male non-fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)