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 degrees 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Works- Robert Sabbag". Robert Sabbag. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ↑ "Robert Sabbag - About Robert Sabbag". Penguin Group. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ↑ Witness Protection (1999) (TV)
External links
- Chronicle interview of Robert Sabbag by Clay Smith -
- Robert Sabbag at the Internet Movie Database
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