About Steven Hart

Steven Hart is a journalist and freelance writer based in New Jersey. Go to the links on the left and you’ll find samples of some of his Web-accessible writing, which has appeared in The New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Salon.com and several other venues.

He has been a featured guest on The Brian Lehrer Show and The Leonard Lopate Show (WNYC) and On The Media with Brooke Gladstone.

His first book, The Last Three Miles: Politics, Murder, and the Construction of America’s First Superhighway, is now available in hardcover from The New Press.

As to his personal background, Steven Hart offers this:

“I was abandoned as an infant and raised by wolves in the New Jersey countryside, taking shelter by day in the undergrowth of highway medians and traffic ramps. A kindly farmer found me in one of his snares and brought me back to his house, where he taught me to read, speak and write my name with a firm but crooked hand. After that, there was nothing to do but send me to Rutgers University, where despite my best efforts I graduated with a degree in English. I live with my family midst amber waves of condos and shopping malls, enjoying a quiet life, except on moonlit nights when my four-legged brothers and I range the countryside in search of prey.”

You can contact him at hart(dot)stevenhart(at)gmail(dot)com.