Larry Beinhart
Biography
Larry Beinhart
Larry Beinhart is best known as the author of WAG THE DOG (originally published as AMERICAN HERO) on which the film starring Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman, Willie Nelson and Woody Harrelson was based. His NO ONE RIDES FOR FREE (1986) received the 1987 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Beinhart spent two years in Oxford, England, where he was the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellow at Wadham College. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun and the Chicago Tribune. Beinhart worked for AlJazeera English, on the TV news magazine show "Empire" as a Writer/Producer/Director. He resides in Woodstock, New York.
Larry Beinhart