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Arthur T. Vanderbilt, II, a lifelong resident of New Jersey, was inducted into the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame on Sunday, October 14, 2001 in a ceremony at the PNC Art Center in Holmdel, New Jersey. Vanderbilt is the author of a diverse range of books covering topics from pirates to the Gilded Age, from golden retrievers to New Jersey's judicial history. Among his many books are Changing Law: A Biography of Arthur T. Vanderbilt, which won the Scribes Award as the best book about the law published in 1976; Law School: Briefing for a Legal Education, which was cited as recommended reading by Scott Turow and John Jay Osborne; Treasure Wreck: The Fortunes and Fate of the Pirate Ship Whydah, which was serialized in the Boston Herald, reprinted in book club ediction by The Select Reader, and published in Japan; Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vancerbilt, which was a featured selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, of Reader's Digest's "Today's Best Nonfiction," and of the Easton Press series of "The One Hundred Best Books of American History;" Golden Days: Memories of a Golden Retriever, which was published also in China, Gemany and Japan; and most recently The Making of a Bestseller: From Author to Reader, called by Frank McCourt "a hell of a good read" and by William F. Buckley, Jr., "a joy as a book to read." Vanderbilt, who is listed in Who's Who in America, Contemporary Authors, and Who's Who in the Law, is a partner in the law firm of Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart & Olstein, Roseland, New Jersey. He is a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, and of the Board of Trustees of the Elizabeth Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church, and is a Fellow of the Amercan Bar Foundation. He joins such other members of the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame as Peter Benchley, Mary Higgins Clark, and James McPherson.
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