Alfred P. Doblin, a Long Island native, originally envisioned a career as a performer. But, after a brief stint singing in the Catskills in the early 1980s, the roar of the brisket faded, and he turned to a career in journalism. First working in free weeklies, then Catholic newspapers, then more weeklies, until he finally landed at the North Jersey Media Group where he led the opinion desks of the Herald News and then The (Bergen) Record from 2000-2018. 

He has been recognized by numerous state and national journalism associations and was nominated four times for the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Newspaper Columnist.

As Doblin moves into his “lavender twilight,” he is focused on writing mainly fiction. “Tales of the Lavender Twilight,” his debut book, is a collection of 11 interrelated short stories focused on the lives and loves of a group of older gay men in New York and Los Angeles. His second short-story collection, “Sailing Beyond the Sunset,” will be released in 2026 by Rattling Good Yarns Press.

Doblin is a long-time Brooklyn resident, where he occasionally can be heard playing the piano poorly.