Daughter of an Outlaw: A Q&A with Maria Venegas
Maria Venegas, author of the new memoir ‘Bulletproof Vest: The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter,' joins Biographile for an interview. (READ MORE)
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Small Hope, Big Misfortune: A Map Thief’s Visions of Utopia in Maine
Michael Blanding, author of The Map Thief, traces the roots of Forbes Smiley's thievery to an early childhood obsession: his quest for idyllic living, his efforts to buy and control a small town in Main, and the debt that accrued and drove him to crookery. (READ MORE)
Tony Dokoupil, Son of a Marijuana Smuggler, Reports on Dad’s Piracy
Tony Dokoupil didn’t grow up like you and I did, unless, perhaps, you happen to be a progeny of the Escobars of Medellin. (READ MORE)
Jane Isay’s Secrets and Lies Meet Crime Writer Sara Paretsky at the Key West Literary Seminar
Jane Isay, author of the just published book Secrets and Lies: Surviving the Truths That Change Our Lives, lists crime novelist Sara Paretsky among her favorite writers. We caught up with Paretsky at the Key West Literary Seminar and asked her about the secrets and lies in her V.I. Warshawski detective...(READ MORE)
Rising from the Ashes of Human Trafficking
For Biographile’s Lessons Learned series, Sophie Hayes, author of Trafficked: My Story of Surviving, Escaping, and Transcending Abduction into Prostitution, shares what she took away from the experience of writing her memoir. (READ MORE)
A Capital Crime: Where is Elmore Leonard’s Definitive Biography?
It's a crime he doesn't have one yet. Elmore Leonard, who died last week at 87, left us with 45 novels and a legacy of thorough, lean and entertaining writing. While he's perhaps best known for his famous 10 Rules for Writing, we explore his research styles, his upbringing, and his influence on modern...(READ MORE)
A Case for Arts Education in Light of Manson and In Cold Blood
Last month, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee began consideration of a bill that would cut President Obama’s proposed budget for the National Endowment for the Arts by 49 percent. Between now and when the committee resumes discussion of the bill in September, we want to press copies of two books...(READ MORE)
This Week in History: The Mysterious Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
July 30 1975 - Jimmy Hoffa, America's poster-child of Teamsterdom in the 1960s and '70s, mysteriously disappeared in a Detroit parking lot after reportedly meeting up with two mafia leaders. His body would never be seen again. (READ MORE)
Radical Chic: Q&A with Brendan I. Koerner, Author of The Skies Belong to Us
Biographile sat down with the author of The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden age of Hijacking to learn more about how he unraveled the many mysteries embedded throughout this complex tale of romance among the runways and radicals of the 1970s.(READ MORE)
This Week in History: Bonnie and Clyde Die as Criminals, Live on as Heroes
On May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were gunned down by two squads of state police while cruising through Louisiana in a stolen car. For a balanced look at the star-crossed lovers, pick up(READ MORE)
