Dan Hurley (author)

Dan Hurley is an American science reporter and 60-Second Novelist. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He has written several books and contributed pieces to The New York Times , ^[4] Wired , The Washington Post , Neurology Today and The Atlantic . ^[5]

Early life

Hurley attended the Free School of Bergen County ^[6] --a hippie high school--and then attended and graduated from Beloit College in Wisconsin where he majored in English. ^[7]

Honours

Hurley received the American Society of Journalists and Authors' award for investigative journalism in 1995. ^[8]

Personal life

Hurley was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 18. ^[7] He currently resides in New Jersey with his family.

Works

• Smarter: The New Science of Building Brain Power New York : Hudson Street Press (2013) ISBN   978-1594631276 OCLC   849719216
• Diabetes Rising: How a rare disease became a modern pandemic, and what to do about it New York : Kaplan (2011) ISBN   978-1607144588 OCLC   427608826
• Natural Causes: Death, Lies, and Politics in America's Herbal Supplement Industry New York : Broadway Books (2006) ISBN   978-0767920421 OCLC   70122602
• The 60-Second Novelist: What 22,613 People Taught Me About Life Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications (1999) ISBN   978-1558746923 OCLC   40948515
• Can You Make Yourself Smarter?: New York Times (2012)

References

1. Henderson, Nancy Bearden. (2000-06-01). "Give Dan Hurley A Minute And He'll Write You A Novel." (pages 1 and 2). Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2014-12-31.
2. van Bakel, Rogier (November 1995). "Fast Fiction: Don't have time to read a book? Dan Hurley is America Online's first 60-second novelist". Wired . Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
3. Campbell, Susan (1999-11-28). "'60-second Novelist' Visits Area". Hartford Courant . Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
4. Hurley, Dan (April 22, 2012). "Can You Make Yourself Smarter?". The New York Times Magazine . p. 38. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
5. "Articles by Dan Hurley". The Atlantic . Retrieved April 13, 2016.
6. Innes, Charlotte (1986-08-19). "The most novel performer on the street". The Record. pp. B-1, B-4 . Retrieved 2025-07-24– via Newspapers.com.
7. Tenderich, Amy (September 29, 2009). "Author Dan Hurley on Diabetes, Part 1: "Try Harder" is Not Enough!". Healthline. Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
8. "Author Dan Hurley biography and book list". freshfiction.com. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

External links

• Official website