The DC Chronicles: Dave's Book and Broken Ankle Sagas

[Dave Cullen]

Thanks, everyone.

I can't actually afford to travel to these awards ceremonies--how pathetic is that?--but my publicist just told me that B&N is going to cover my trip for their award. And Twelve is flying me in for the Edgar. So I'm going to New York City. Twice!

Should be fun. I hope I don't lose both, though odds say I will.

I just learned that there's another big nom coming soon, though I'm not allowed to say it yet.

[killersmom]

YAY! Dave, I am so glad you are going to get to go to the awards ceremonies.
It will be good to rub elbows with the other authors as well.
Don't count yourself out yet!

I am excited for the next one as well, whichever one it is!!

[Dave Cullen]

thanks. it should be interesting, however it plays out.

[Dave Cullen]

I'm exhausted.

I've been cranking out a piece for Slate:

http://www.slate.com/id/2245337/

Seven Deadly Traits
Decoding the confession of the Austin plane bomber.

By Dave CullenPosted Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, at 6:51 PM ET

[dejavu]

^^^^

Good article about the Austin plane bomber, Dave.

[donna]

Real nice work, Dave.  You must have been up all night.  Get some sleep!

[Dave Cullen]

Thanks. It was a TON of work. About eight hours of interviews, twelve of writing. Ugh.

[donna]

Apparently the apple didn't fall far from the tree:

Daughter: Pilot in Texas IRS crash was a hero

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35519143/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts

[Dave Cullen]

"The Last Columbine Mystery": The Harrises speak; I'm breaking a big story on The Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-24/the-last-columbine-mystery/full/

(Please tweet, blog, facebook, etc.)

Thanks.

d

[Dave Cullen]

Thanks to everyone who clicked over to the Daily Beast site (or tweeted, blogged, etc.)

[Dave Cullen]

I just taped the Michael Smerconish radio show, talking about this.

He's in most cities, two shows a day--early morning and noon.

I'll be on the noon-2pm show (times may vary in some cities).

He's got an affiliate map on his site where you can check:

http://www.mastalk.com/

[Dave Cullen]

So this is launch week on the paperback, the second most important week of my life, so far.

I posted a big blog post about it, with scans from the new edition.

I'd appreciate any of you all reposting some or all to your facebook, twitter, emailing friends, etc.

Thanks.

http://open.salon.com/blog/dave_cullen/2010/03/01/how_to_launch_a_paperback_my_expanded_edition_of_columbine

Here are the major additions (scans of each at the blog post).

1. New 12-page afterword: "Forgiveness."

 I spent another year examining three disparate victims' struggles with grief and recovery nearly 11 years later. I hope you find it as rewarding as I did. It also includes startling new revelations of four secret meetings with the killers' parents. (Link is to an excerpt we just ran in The Daily Beast.)

2. Actual journal pages from Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold. (There are several pages in the book).

3. Book Club Discussion Questions (19 questions in the book).

4.Diagram of Columbine High School and environs.

5. Large-print edition (newly available, also paperback. )

Other formats include Kindle, Nook, and unabridged audibook on CD, cassette, MP3 on CD, or audible.com. Autographed copies available.

The official release date is Wednesday, but it's available now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and in most indie stores and physical B&N stores.  (Use the BN link to order online or check availability at a store nearby.) Amazon has it for $9.35.

[Dave Cullen]

I'll be on an upstate NY NPR show this week. Info:

The “Out of Bounds” Radio Show, hosted by Tish

 Pearlman will feature DAVE CULLEN.

 

Dave Cullen is a journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller Columbine, an indelible portrait of the killers, the victims, and the community caught up in that tragedy.  It won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Nonfiction of 2009, and was declared Best Education Book of 2009 by the American School Board Journal. Columbine was named to two dozen Best of 2009 lists, including the New York Times, LA Times, and the American Library Association.

Cullen has contributed to the New York Times, Washington Post, Times of London, Slate, Salon, Daily Beast and the Guardian. He was recently featured on NBC's Today Show and ABC's evening World News.

 
                                  AIR DATES:

 

 

 Thurs March 11 at 7pm:WEOS-FM (88.1 Ithaca, 90.3 &  89.7 Geneva)

 Live Stream: Weos.org

 

Sunday March 14 at 11:30am: WSKG-FM (89.3 Binghamton, 90.9 Ithaca 91.7 Cooperstown/Oneonta, 91.1 Corning/Elmira, 88.7 Hornell/Alfred)

Live Stream: Wskg.org 

[KittyHawk]

Dave's got lots of appearances in the next few weeks. If he's in your neighborhood, stop by and say hello!

This week is Michigan. Next week is California. New York after that. Here are a few details for the California leg.

Thursday, April 22, 2010
University of California, Irvine, Room 1030 Humanities Gateway (HG), Irvine, CA 92697-2785
Reading and book signing. 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.
"Reporting Columbine: A Literary Journalist’s Perspective"
Humanities Gateway is #611 on the campus map -- http://www.uci.edu/campusmap/map.php.

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Saturday, April 24, 2010
L.A. Times Book Fest
Humanities A51, UCLA Campus, 12:00 pm,
"Current Interest Panel: Journalists Uncover the Larger Story"
   ◦   Moderator: Mr. Hector Tobar
   ◦   Mr. Dave Cullen
   ◦   Mr. Rick Wartzman
   ◦   Mr. Barry Siegel

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Sunday, April 25, 2010
L.A. Times Book Fest, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
"Making Reality Read Like a Novel"
Character, plot, pacing, suspense, dialogue and voice all absorb the reader into a novel. Dave will lead a two hour seminar on how the nonfiction writer can employ these techniques without sacrificing authenticity. He will draw from modern narrative nonfiction classics and his award-winning COLUMBINE. Particular emphasis will focus on finding the story in an apparent jumble of events--even if they appear to climax with the instigation. The session will include Q&A and brief writing exercises.
 (ticketed event)

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Sunday, April 25, 2010
L.A. Times Book Fest
Book signing at 2 p.m. at the Book Soup booth.


For more info on the L. A. Times Book Fest, see http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/

[KittyHawk]

Dave's headed for Chicago this week! If you're in the area, join him for a discussion of Columbine followed by Q & A and a book signing. When: Thursday, May 13, 6:00 PM Where: DePaul University, McGowan South 105, 1110 W. Belden, Chicago, IL 60614