Joseph R. Garber (August 14, 1943 – May 27, 2005) was an American author, best known for his 1995 thriller Vertical Run and for the articles he wrote on technology for Forbes magazine.[1][2]
Garber had written a manuscript, In Search of Shabbiness, as a response to the Tom Peters best-seller, In Search of Excellence. On the advice of literary agents, he rewrote it as the novel Rascal Money.[1]
In 1995, his second novel Vertical Run, a corporate thriller, became an international best-seller. The book's setting is 200 Park Avenue, the address of Booz Allen. It was bought by both Warner Bros and Jon Peters in the 1990s only to be shelved in pre-production. His third novel, In a Perfect State, was published in 1999. His fourth novel, Whirlwind, with a retired CIA agent as protagonist, was published in 2004.[1]
Garber, Joseph R. Rascal Money : a novel / Joseph R. Garber. Chicago : Contemporary Books, c1989. 412 p. ; 25 cm. ISBN0-8092-4285-0
Garber, Joseph R. Vertical Run / Joseph R. Garber. New York : Bantam Books, 1995. 305 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN0-553-10033-5 (a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate selection)
Garber, Joseph R. In a Perfect State / Joseph R. Garber. Great Britain : Pocket Books, 1999. 384 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN0-671-85467-4
Garber, Joseph R. Whirlwind : a novel / Joseph R. Garber. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2004. 313 p. ; 24 cm. ISBN0-06-059650-3 (hardcover), ISBN0-06-059652-X (paperback)