Robert Sabbag

Robert Sabbag is an American journalist and author of two books on drug smuggling in the United States: Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade, and the follow-up book Smokescreen: A True Adventure. Another work, Down Around Midnight (Viking, 2009) is based on a plane crash he survived in 1979.

Personal

Sabbag lives on Cape Cod. He obtained his degree from Boston Latin School and Georgetown University.^[1]

Career

Sabbag began his career in journalism as a general assignment reporter in Washington and Boston. He is a regular contributor to Rolling Stone magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Men's Journal, Playboy, New York, and The Los Angeles Times Magazine.^[1][2] Sabbag was one of the screenwriters for the 1999 TV motion picture Witness Protection,^[3] based on his New York Times Magazine cover story "The Invisible Family." He is represented by the William Morris Agency.

Organizations

Sabbag is a member of the Authors Guild and the Writers Guild of America.^[1]

Bibliography

• Down Around Midnight (2009) Viking ISBN 0-670-02102-4, ISBN 978-0-670-02102-4
• Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade (1998: reprint edition) Grove Press ISBN 0-8021-3589-7, ISBN 978-0-8021-3589-6
• Smokescreen: A True Adventure (2002: reprint edition) Canongate U.S. ISBN 1-84195-379-2, ISBN 978-1-84195-379-3
• Too Tough to Die: Down and Dangerous With the U. S. Marshalls (1992) Simon & Schuster ISBN 0-671-66094-2, ISBN 978-0-671-66094-9
• Loaded: A Misadventure on the Marijuana Trail (2002) Little Brown and Company ISBN 0-316-76511-2, ISBN 978-0-316-76511-4
• Stampede: A Novel (1985) Simon & Schuster ISBN 0-671-42196-4, ISBN 978-0-671-42196-0

Awards and honors

His film Witness Protection was nominated for two Golden Globe awards and Best Picture.^[1]

See also

• Smuggling in literature

References

External links

• Chronicle interview of Robert Sabbag by Clay Smith -
• Robert Sabbag at the Internet Movie Database