Rudolph Delson is an American

United States

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 author

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 best known for his 2007 debut novel

Novel

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, Maynard and Jennica, published by Houghton Mifflin

Houghton Mifflin

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. Maynard and Jennica is a modern love story set in New York City

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Rudolph Delson was born and raised in San Jose, California

San Jose, California

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. While growing up, he made a living as a litigation associate at the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, a paralegal at the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, and as a law clerk for the Honorable James R. Browning of the United States Court of Appeals. As for Rudolph's parents, his mother was a sculptor and his father an engineer. He now lives in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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, New York

New York

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. He graduated from Stanford University

Stanford University

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 (BA & BS, 1997) and NYU Law School (JD, 2002). While at NYU, he was a member of the NYU Law Review, as a Notes Editor. His mother is now a real estate agent, and his father is retired.

External links

• http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6454263.html?industryid=47159/ Publishers Weekly
  Publishers Weekly
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  , June 25, 2007
• http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0008,schlesinger,12745,15.html The Village Voice
  The Village Voice
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  ,February 23, 2000
• http://www.svcn.com/archives/wgresident/08.26.98/RudolphDelson.html The Willow Glen Resident, August 26, 1998
• Read Rudolph's articles on the 5th Estate blog