name: Julian Rubinstein
genres: History, Nonfiction, Crime
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about: Julian Rubinstein is an award-winning journalist, author, documentary filmmaker and educator. His new nonfiction book (now also a documentary), The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun, and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood was published by FSG in May 2021. It was the winner of the 2022 Colorado Book Award, the 2022 High Plains Book Award and a New York Times Editors' Choice. Booklist, which named it to its Best Books of 2021, called it "a shattering piece of investigative journalism involving street gangs, race relations and law enforcement." Julian directed and produced a documentary over the eight years he reported the book, also called, THE HOLLY. It is the winner of the 2024 Heartland Emmy for Best Documentary and the 2023 IRE Awar Julian Rubinstein is an award-winning journalist, author, documentary filmmaker and educator. His new nonfiction book (now also a documentary), The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun, and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood was published by FSG in May 2021. It was the winner of the 2022 Colorado Book Award, the 2022 High Plains Book Award and a New York Times Editors' Choice. Booklist, which named it to its Best Books of 2021, called it "a shattering piece of investigative journalism involving street gangs, race relations and law enforcement." Julian directed and produced a documentary over the eight years he reported the book, also called, THE HOLLY. It is the winner of the 2024 Heartland Emmy for Best Documentary and the 2023 IRE Award for Best Documentary. It is streaming on Amazon Prime, Apple Plus and Tubi. For more see, the hollyfilm.com Julian's first non-fiction book, Ballad of the Whiskey Robber, was called “an instant classic” by Canada’s Globe and Mail. It was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award and a New York Times “Editors’ Choice.” See: www.whiskeyrobber.com for more.Julian's longform magazine work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Travel + Leisure and others. His journalism has been collected in numerous anthologies, including Best American Essays, Best American Crime Writing, Best American Science and Nature Writing and twice in Best American Sports Writing. He lives in Denver. ...more