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Archives for August 2018

The True Story Behind Black Diamond Fall

August 28, 2018

by Joseph Olshan

Black Diamond Fall - A Novel by Joseph Olshan

To write a successful novel, I have to dip my pen into autobiography; and if I don’t, I lose my way. This makes it difficult when I am writing fiction about a crime. It means weaving a tight narrative comprised of an act of violence and the mystery surrounding that act of violence with something substantial that I’ve lived through.

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Does the End Always Justify the Means?

August 26, 2018

by Richard Rashke
Author of The Whistleblower’s Dilemma, Escape from Sobibor, and
The Killing of Karen Silkwood

He provides us with some insight into the writing of the amazing book Useful Enemies.

Useful Enemies by Richard Rashke

Useful Enemies began as an in-depth look at the criminal case against Ivan (John) Demjanjuk, a former World War II guard at the Sobibor death camp in German-occupied Poland. American Nazi hunters found him living and working in Cleveland, Ohio. The Justice Department charged him with lying on his visa application and sought to have him deported. [Read more…]

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Is this Writer Really a Genius?

August 17, 2018

Writers and CelebrityWhenever an author publishes a book, perhaps the best form of publicity is a profile written in a national magazine that is devoured by avid readers. I read one of these profiles the other day and was struck by the fact that the journalist who wrote the piece positioned the writer to come off like some kind of off-beat genius. [Read more…]

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