It was an honor this week when Linda Shapley, Denver Post’s director of newsroom operations, invited me to speak at a seminar with three authors I admire: Dick Kreck, Kevin Vaughan and Mark Obmascik.
The seminar is called Denver Post U: The Story Behind The Story .
The two-hour session beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 is free and it’s in the auditorium of The Denver Post building, 101 W. Colfax Ave.
We’re going to talk about challenges we overcame to track down interesting details for our books.
I get to talk about the development of my newly released book, The Spin Doctor: Hero or Cold-blooded Killer, which was inspired by one of the cold case blogs I wrote.
Cover of my newly released book The Spin Doctor: Hero or Cold-Blooded Killer
I word to the wise. There are only a limited number of tickets and the other three guys have written best sellers. One of Obmascik’s books, “The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession” was made into a major motion picture starring Jack Black and Steve Martin. So get your tickets online soon through the link above.
Nancy died of a gunshot wound to the head in her Denver home following a New Year’s Eve soiree in 2002.
Her husband, Kurt, then a spokesman for FEMA, called 911 claiming his wife just killed herself.
Police believe he staged the scene to look like a suicide. He is charged with first degree murder for allegedly killing Nancy.
Sonnenfeld, who had moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina before the charge was filed, denies the allegation and is fighting extradition.
He claims U.S. agents framed him for murder to silence him because his videotape of Ground Zero shot in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks reveals their complicity in the far-reaching conspiracy.
A lot has happened since that first blog in November of 2009.
In November, New Horizon Press released my first book, The Spin Doctor: Hero or Cold-Blooded killer? about the Sonnenfeld case.