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| name = Richard Dooling

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| pseudonym = Eleanor Druse

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}}

| birth_place = [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], [[Nebraska]]U.S.

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* [[novelistNovelist]],
* [[screenwriter]],
* [[Lawyer|attorney]]

Dooling's first novel, ''Critical Care'' (1992), was made into a 1997 [[Critical Care (film)|movie of the same title]], directed by [[Sidney Lumet]] and starring [[James Spader]] and [[Kyra Sedgwick]]. His next three novels—''White Man's Grave'' (1994), ''Brain Storm'' (1998), and ''Bet Your Life'' (2002)—were all [[The New York Times|''New York Times'']] Notable Books. In conjunction with ''Kingdom Hospital'', he also wrote ''The Journals of Eleanor Druse'' (2004), writing as Eleanor Druse, a character in the miniseries. Dooling's [[short story]] "Bush Pigs" was read as part of ''[[Selected Shorts]]'', a program produced by Symphony Space in [[New York City|New York]] and aired on [[National Public Radio|NPR]]. The performance was later included on the CD ''Getting There from Here'', a compilation of listeners' favorites from the program.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.symphonyspace.org/estore/item/3|date= |accessdate= October 6, 2010 | title= Selected Shorts CD|work= Symphony Space|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100706100823/https://www.symphonyspace.org/estore/item/3|archivedate= July 6, 2010}}</ref>

His nonfiction book ''Blue Streak: Swearing, Free Speech, and Sexual Harassment'' (1996) is an examination of the social and legal implications of profane speech. In ''[[Rapture for the Geeks|Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ]]'' (2008) he explores the implications of machine intelligence overtaking human intelligence. He has also written op-ed pieces for ''The New York Times'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', and ''[[The National Law Journal]]''.

Dooling was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], [[Nebraska]], and is a graduate of [[Saint Louis University]] (1976) and [[Saint Louis University School of Law]] (1987). He has been a practicing attorney and developer of web-based legal tools for the [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] firm [[Bryan Cave]]. For Asseveral of 2010years, Dooling iswas a visitingprofessor professorand lecturer at the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law]].<ref>{{cite webnews |last= Jeffers|first= Tessa |date= October 27, 2003 |title= Stephen King, Nebraska writer team up for TV series |url= httphttps://lawwww.unldailynebraskan.educom/facstaff/facultystephen-king-nebraska-writer-team-up-for-tv-series/visiting/rdoolingarticle_3f348034-5999-51db-8b5b-09b9d10ed732.shtmlhtml|titlework= RichardThe DoolingDaily Nebraskan|authorlocation= |access-date= April 14, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |workurl= Universityhttps://issuu.com/nulaw/docs/law_viewbook_13-14/14 of|title= Nebraska CollegeLaw ofViewbook Law2013-2014 Visiting|author=<!--Not stated--> Faculty|publisherdate= UniversitySeptember of25, 2013 Nebraska-Lincoln|accessdatewebsite=June 2ISSUU |publisher= |access-date= April 14, 20102022 |quote=}}</ref>

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