# Gary Rivlin

gary rivlin (born June 20, 1958) is an American journalist and author. He has worked for several different publications, including the Chicago Reader, the Industry Standard, and the New York Times.Rivlin grew up in North Woodmere, New York and graduated from George W. Hewlett High School and Northwestern University.In addition to his work in journalism, Rivlin has written nine books. His first book, published in 1992, Fire on the Prairie: Chicago's Harold Washington and the Politics of Race, was a book about Chicago area politics that won the Carl Sandburg Award for best non-fiction book of the year.His second book, Drive By, was published in 1995 while he worked for the East Bay Express, where he served as a staff writer and then executive editor.