Evan Mandery
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Evan Mandery is the author of the novel Dreaming of Gwen Stefani, the non-fiction books The Campaign: Rudy Giuliani, Ruth Messinger, Al Sharpton, and the Race to Be Mayor of New York City and Eyes on City Hall: A Young Man's Education in New York Political Warfare, and various articles discussing the use of the death penalty in America. He is currently a professor of ethics and death penalty law at NYC's John Jay College.
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1967, Evan graduated from Harvard with a B.A. in Social Studies, and then went on to graduate from Harvard Law School. In 1999, Perseus Books published The Campaign: Rudy Giuliani, Ruth Messinger, Al Sharpton, and the Race to Be Mayor of New York City, a non-fiction account of his time working for the 1997 New York mayoral campaign, to positive reviews. Two years later, Westview Press published Evan’s Eyes on City Hall: A Young Man's Education in New York Political Warfare to critical acclaim.
Evan is currently a death penalty, criminal law and ethics professor at the John Jay College, as well as a part-time novelist and champion poker player. Evan won the first casino tournament he entered and won $3,500. In 2005, Evan studied up and walked away with $20,000 in a $500 tournament. Evan now has investors behind him, buying his way into 2006’s WSOP events as far away from the big apple lights as Omaha, Nebraska.
Evan now lives in Great Neck, Long Island, and is currently working on another novel, tentatively titled It’s Later than You Think: Parrot Sketch Excluded. His debut novel, Dreaming of Gwen Stefani, is slated to come out February 2007.
