Tue, Oct 15
|Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehous
Sally Denton and John L. Smith Investigative Reporting: The Perils and Pitfalls
Sally Denton and John L. Smith will discuss two of their works of investigative nonfiction (The Bluegrass Conspiracy and Running Scared, respectively) and how the compelling story subjects continue to reverberate decades after the books were first published.
Date, Time & Location
Oct 15, 2019, 6:00 PM
Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehous, 202 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM, USA
About the Event
Sally Denton and John L. Smith will discuss two of their works of investigative nonfiction (The Bluegrass Conspiracy and Running Scared, respectively) and how the compelling story subjects—a murderous drug ring in Kentucky and controversial casino kingpin Steve Wynn—continue to reverberate decades after the books were first published. Denton’s Bluegrass Conspiracy grew from her groundbreaking journalism in the 1980s. She overcame the dismissal by her colleagues and the very real dangers of the assignment to blow open the story of “The Company,” which continues to make headlines today as law enforcement follows up leads first published in the book. Smith endured years of litigation and harassment for his 1995 investigative biography of Wynn, Running Scared, only to be vindicated after Wynn was embroiled in a career-ending sex scandal in 2018. Both books are reminders that stories well told take on a life of their own.
About the Authors:
Sally Denton…