Draft:David Black (writer)

  • Comment: WP:IMDB cannot be used as a source, it is user edited so not reliable. Theroadislong (talk) 19:03, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Are any of the awards notable? Do they have Wikipedia articles? Theroadislong (talk) 19:02, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Framing is promotional. See WP:BLP. Statements need to be sourced or removed. Currently entire sections are unsourced. Greenman (talk) 21:09, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: Article is not written in prose in an encyclopedic style - the bullet points approach is not how biographies are presented. Key content should be written in proper sentences, with supporting references presented as inline citations. References should be drawn from significant coverage about Black in reliable, independent, secondary sources (the writer's website is not a reliable source). Some background on his education and career is needed for a biography. Paul W (talk) 10:39, 5 February 2024 (UTC)



David Black is an American journalist, biographer, novelist and screenwriter.[1] His investigative journalism has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, New York and Harper's among other periodicals. He received the National Magazine Award for Reporting from the American Society of Magazine Editors for his two-part article on the AIDS epidemic, “The Plague Years,” published in Rolling Stone in 1985.[2] Black’s twelve books include The King of Fifth Avenue: The Fortunes of August Belmont, a biography of the influential 19th century banker that was one of 1981’s New York Times Notable Books.[3][4] He has written and produced television programming for the police and courtroom dramas “Hill Street Blues,” “Miami Vice,” “CSI Miami,” “Cop Shop,” Sydney Lumet’s “100 Centre Street,” and “Law & Order,” co-writing the first on-air episode of “Law & Order” in 1990, as well as writing later episodes. In 2000, Black’s script for the television drama “The Confession” received the Writers Guild Award for best long-form adapted screenplay from the Writers Guild of America.[5][6]

  1. ^ "David Black". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. 2016-11-30.
  2. ^ "National Magazine Awards go to 13". Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
  3. ^ Brooks, John (1981-10-25). "Success Story". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  4. ^ "Notable Books of the Year". The New York Times. 1981-12-06. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  5. ^ King, Susan (March 6, 2020). "'American Beauty', 'Election,' Honored by Writers Guild". Los Angeles Times. pp. F2.
  6. ^ Leonard, John (1999-03-29). "Call Me Responsible - Nymag". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2024-12-11.

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