All posts tagged: True Crime Authors

Diane Fanning Appears at Virginia Writers Club Symposium

Saturday, August 1 the Virginia Writers Club Annual Symposium will be held in  The Dickinson Fine & Performing Arts Center at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia.  From 8am to 3pm the agenda includes panel discussions, workshops, a book fair and signing. Renown Virginia author, Diane Fanning, will be a panelist for the session titled “Crime Does Pay,” along with nonfiction crime author, Dan Moldea. Fanning is the author of 23 traditionally published books. She has been honored as a nominee for the coveted Edgar Award, as well as the Defender of the Innocent Award from the Illinois Innocence Project for her part in exposing evidence which allowed a wrongful conviction to come to true justice. Subjects of her true crime books include such high-profile crimes as the Michael Peterson murder case in North Carolina (Written in Blood), the Caylee Anthony case in Florida (Mommy’s Little Girl), and the Virginia murder of Jocelyn Earnest (Under Cover of the Night). Fanning’s fiction includes the Lucinda Pierce detective series set in Virginia, and her latest World War II era …

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WildBlue Press Author Series Comes to Shattered Lives Radio

What do you get when you combine best-selling and award-winning authors, with a sprinkle of rising stars, and the ever evolving publishing industry? WildBlue Press! Shattered Lives Radio is honored to host a series of interviews with the stable of WildBlue Press authors, highlighting their careers and upcoming books, along with getting to know a great bunch of writers. Shattered Lives Radio, hosted by Donna R. Gore, is a crime related talk show covering the aftermath of crime and tragedy with surviving victims, investigative and judicial resources, and those who advocate for them. The WildBlue Press Author Series highlights those who write about crime (true crime and crime novels), often spending countless hours researching and interviewing surviving victims and their families in order to present the facts from all perspectives. Carolina Sarassa-April 4 Carolina Sarassa is 3-time Emmy® award and a 4-time National Gabriel award-winning News Anchor and Correspondent for MundoFOX National Network News in Los Angeles. Prior to joining MundoFOX, Sarassa was the Anchor and Producer for Univision’s KINC in Las Vegas and a Correspondent for News Magazine …

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Roanoke Regional Writers Conference Features Diane Fanning

  Everything an author, new or published, needs to learn will be presented at the annual Roanoke Regional Writers Conference January 23-24, 2015 held at Hollins University’s Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center. Twenty four classes will be offered and taught by as many well-known regional writers, including Diane Fanning. Topics will range from writing a memorable obituary, a three-class set on true crime, the query letter, journalistic ethics, writers groups, storytelling, building a resume, interview techniques, writing a journal, the writer’s voice, critical thinking, writing about sex, marketing, opinion writing, ghost writing and breaking writers block. Notable writers include Keith Ferrell, Roland Lazenby, Diane Fanning, Ed Falco, Rod Belcher, Andrea Burnais and Neil Sagebiel. Two keynote addresses will be presented, Roland Lazenby and Keith Ferrell will talk about “The Future of the Book” and the second by respected journalist Anne Adams. True crime will have a featured presence at the conference with classes offered by writers of the genre, Diane Fanning,“Interview Techniques for Fact or Fiction,” Ed Falco,“True Crime Fiction: Isn’t That an Oxymoron?” and Alice de Sturler,“True Crime Reporting: Blog to Business.” …

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Dr. Laurie Roth –  Politics – Crimes and Corruption Syndicated with Information Radio Network                                   http://www.therothshow.com  Each day Laurie Roth investigates and exposes what is really going on in the political world, with U.S. and world leaders, their agendas, crimes, conspiracies and corruption.  Laurie interviews experts and unfolds plots that have almost happened, some that have succeeded and some that are in our faces today. Laurie not only uncovers the corruption and agendas in the political landscape but exposes other compromises and threats as well.   Laurie visits with survivors and family members affected by crimes and conspiracies.  How do they survive and come back after losing a family member, being smeared or a victim of crime in some way?  Your audience will find out.  Conspiracies and plots hide in a variety of rooms — social, political, economic, religious and cultural.  Laurie Roth blows open the doors to all these rooms that hide hidden agendas, deception and plots against people.  There is no room for compromise or boredom with Dr. Laurie Roth’s Politics – Crimes, Conspiracies and Corruption. Your audience will be thrilled …

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“Author,Author!” NEW Segment on The Dr. Laurie Roth Show Debuts with Diane Fanning

  NEW 1 hour segment broadcasting on Wednesdays at 7pm PT, 10pm ET In the modern-day world of publishing and book marketing, authors will tell you they just can’t get enough media attention! Listen LIVE or to the podcasts at TheRothShow.Com The Dr. Laurie Roth Show is offering authors a platform to talk about books and the subjects about which they are written.  With the focus mostly on the true crime genre, there’s a lot to discuss! The debut show will showcase one of the premier true crime authors, Diane Fanning, and the upcoming release of her 20th book, SLEEP MY DARLINGS covering the case of the Tampa, Florida mother, Julie Schenecker, who shot and killed her two teen children, 16-year-old Calyx and 13-year-old Beau.  Florida prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the trial, scheduled for October 2013, while the defense attorneys are looking to plead insanity. Speculation about the mental state of Julie Schenecker and what was going on within her family preceding the murder of her two children, has been an area of research by …