About Alan Gordon
Born 1959. Alan Gordon is an American novelist.
Alan R. Gordon (born June 23, 1969) is an American author of several historical mysteries, the first of which is based on the characters from William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. He lives in New York City and is a lawyer with the Legal Aid Society.
Gordon has also written the libretto for several musicals, including "The Girl Detective" and "The Usual." He won the 2013 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Musical Theatre Librettist for "The Usual."
A graduate of Swarthmore College and the University of Chicago Law School, he is married to Judy Downer, with whom he has a son, Robert.
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American writer
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Alan Gordon was born in 1959.
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Alan Gordon is a novelist.
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