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Robert Kolker joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the story of nine siblings who began to lose themselves to frontotemporal dementia.

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What a single family can reveal about dementia - Think

Robert Kolker joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the story of nine siblings who began to lose themselves to frontotemporal dementia.

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 14h

I am so thrilled to be talking with you @lauralippman.bsky.social on Wednesday. Please join us!

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Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Super-excited to see Bob Kolker talk about his new book!

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 29/09/2026

Happy publication day to @robertkolker.com!! (This book is gorgeously heartbreaking, and will help so many people.)

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 29/09/2026

I’m over the moon about today’s review of THE VANISHING FAMILY in The New York Times. Many thanks to Casey Schwartz and the Book Review for their attention to this family’s inspiring story. 😊

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 28/09/2026

Some tickets left for tonight’s launch (9/28) in Manhattan with Susannah Cahalan (Brain on Fire) - come join us www.92ny.org/event/robert...

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 28/09/2026

Thx @bookpage 🙏 "With this book, Kolker can claim the title of the Ann Patchett of nonfiction family dramas: He infuses intimate, cataclysmic moments with emotional acuity, allowing readers to feel both embedded and invested in his subjects’ unimaginable challenges." www.bookpage.com/reviews/the-...

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Book review of The Vanishing Family by Robert Kolker

With his breathtaking chronicle of a family with a rare form of dementia, Kolker claims his title as the Ann Patchett of nonfiction family dramas.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Soon we’ll all be able to see our medical futures -- whether it’s a genetic cancer risk, likelihood of dementia, or a familial pattern of mental illness. But do we really want to gaze into the crystal ball? by @robertkolker.com www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

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Opinion: Soon we’ll all be able to see our medical futures. Do we want to look into the crystal ball?

Whether it’s a genetic cancer risk or a familial pattern of mental illness, we all wonder about what we would and wouldn’t want to know about our destinies

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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Under the Radar searches its archives and highlights the work of Robert Kolker and Tayari Jones — authors selected by both Oprah Winfrey and GBH’s Callie Crossley for their book clubs. bit.ly/4dccfoP

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Celebrating 30 years of Oprah’s Book Club

Under the Radar searches its archives and highlights the work of Robert Kolker and Tayari Jones — authors selected by both Oprah Winfrey and GBH’s Callie Crossley for their book clubs.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 18/09/2026

Dementia patients gradually lose social inhibitions, empathy and shame, forcing those who love them to ask: How much of the self endures? Read more from Robert Kolker: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4hazkdX

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 15/09/2026

You were getting pretty good at it too by the end. Don't give up!

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 26/08/2026

Excited to share the story of this inspirational family. Thanks to the NY Times for highlighting it. Publishing Sept 29 - tour info coming soon, featuring conversations with some wonderful special guests 😀 @doubledaybooks.bsky.social

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 24/05/2026

I’m honored to be part of the program of this week’s #NAMICon26 in Atlanta. My session is Friday May 29: “The Power and Risk of Telling Stories About Serious Mental Illness.” Come say hello 😁 events.nami.org/namicon2026/...

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 12/04/2026

New from me: “Despite all talk of closure for eight families, the matter of Shannan Gilbert remains both separate from and essential to the story of the Long Island serial killer — the case’s first and last great unsolved mystery.” What Happened to Shannan? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/n...

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What Happened to Shannan?

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What Happened to Shannan?

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 08/04/2026

For an explanation of the apathy, corruption, misogyny, and institutional rot that allowed #RexHeuermann to roam free for decades, read on (gift link provided): www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/m...

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The Botched Hunt for the Gilgo Beach Killer (Published 2023)

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 08/04/2026

For an explanation of the apathy, corruption, misogyny, and institutional rot that allowed #RexHeuermann to roam free for decades, read on (gift link provided): www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/m...

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The Botched Hunt for the Gilgo Beach Killer (Published 2023)

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 08/04/2026

“The point of ‘Lost Girls’ was that the killer chose his victims because he thought that they wouldn’t be missed. And the tragedy is that for many years he was right.” www.cnn.com/2026/04/08/u...

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Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings expected to plead guilty in court today | CNN

Rex Heuermann has been in custody since July 2023 and has pleaded not guilty to the murders of seven women, including four whose bodies were found on Gilgo Beach in 2010.

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 23/10/2025

Sorry for the delay - bobkolker AT gmail

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Jennifer Senior @jennifersenior.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

A word about my latest feature for The Atlantic: Though it’s about sleep, I am hoping it’s not a *typical* story about sleep. I despise most stories about sleep. Why? Glad you asked... 1/7

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Jon Gluck @jgluck.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

T-minus 26 days before my memoir, "An Exercise in Uncertainty," is published. Learn more about it (and please pre-order!) here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…. A portion of all proceeds will be donated to multiple myeloma research.

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Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I’m hosting a celebration of Kenneth Koch at The New School on March 17 at 7 pm. Speakers will include Robert Polito, Ron Padgett, Maxine Groffsky, John Keene, Lucy Sante and Jim Jarmusch.

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NYTimes Communications @nytimespr.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

We’re thrilled to announce that Kirsten Danis is our new Investigations editor. www.nytco.com/press/kirste...

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Kirsten Danis Is Our New Investigations Editor | The New York Times Company

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Elon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Been a while since I shared this. The book's out soon--March 11--so banking a bunch of preorders would be a tremendous help.

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 10/12/2024

Oh thank you Kevin! You’re too kind

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 02/12/2024

- hey hunter - yes, dad? what is it???? - could you pass the mashed potatoes? - oh for cryin out loud

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 02/12/2024

I appreciate that Biden let Hunter sweat it out all through Thanksgiving weekend before finally pardoning him. That’s some masterful passive-aggressive parenting there

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 30/11/2024

Still processing this wonderful praise from one of my favorite authors. Thank you @lauralippman.bsky.social 🙏🏻

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 23/11/2024

No comment except that it’s awesome

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 23/11/2024

Last night on the family group chat

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 01/05/2024

My deepest thanks to Harper Perennial for making this new update happen so quickly — and as always my thoughts are with the families. 2/2

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 01/05/2024

Lost Girls has a new edition, on sale May 14, featuring a new 25-page epilogue on the astounding arrest of a Gilgo Beach murder suspect who’d been hiding in plain sight for more than a decade (and all the reasons that arrest didn’t happen years earlier). a.co/d/eUW0dQZ 1/2

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Bob Kolker @robertkolker.com · 19/10/2023

New from me in @NYTmag: a complete year by year breakdown of the failures of the Gilgo Beach murder investigation. Everything they needed, they had almost on Day 1. What took so long to find a suspect who was in plain sight, exactly where they always thought he’d be? www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/m...

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