A devoted reader of classics and nonfiction, Leslie Ghiglieri graduated in 1992 with a degree in political science. She has worked on various political campaigns, but directed her professional goals to positions in the criminal justice field. Initially employed as a 911 dispatcher in California, Leslie was immediately addicted to the unpredictability of police work. After moving to Oregon, she joined the Josephine County Sheriff's Department … [Read more...]
David S. Larson: Award-winning Author, Writing Coach, Bear Wrestler
I am a storyteller, always on the hunt for original ways to bring stories to life on the page. Spending over a decade in the printing and prepress business helps me understand the machinations of the printing and publishing process. Two decades leading global marketing for divisions of Fortune 500 companies (supplying products for the printing industry) prepared me to grasp the complexities of standing out in a crowded world of increasing … [Read more...]
Tatiana Vila Designs “Chilling” Cover For DEAF ROW
Best-selling author Ron Franscell asked the talented book cover artist Tatiana Vila a few questions back in October. Vila has designed numerous covers for WildBlue Press over the years including DEAF ROW. Read the author's blog post below and at ronfranscell.com! DEAF ROW will be available in hardback, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats on February 14, 2023! … [Read more...]
Author T. J. Champitto On The Fun In Writing Criminals
I DON'T KNOW WHY I WRITE ABOUT BAD GUYS. Maybe it's my love of films like The Usual Suspects, Reservoir Dogs and The Maltese Falcon. Or maybe because I was always in trouble growing up and understood firsthand the relationship between good nature and bad behavior. Either way, I've found a passion for creating characters who wander through the dark world of crime. But it's not all bad. I always find a way to showcase their flaws … [Read more...]
Deborah Levison’s Acclaimed Courtroom Thriller A NEST OF SNAKES Wins Connecticut Press Club Award!
In her fiction debut, Deborah Levison, author of the acclaimed, multi-award-winning true crime book THE CRATE, weaves a tale snatched from the headlines. A NEST OF SNAKES is loosely based on a spate of lawsuits in which adult men accused their elite private schools of abuses that shocked the nation. Brendan Cortland is a broken man. Middle-aged, pasty, pudgy, and fearful, he suffers from chronic depression, nightmares, and agoraphobia. His … [Read more...]
Ann Of 5,000 Days
On her blog, author Marla Bernard recalls the death of 15 year old Ann Marie Harrison and tells readers why she felt compelled to tell this story. … [Read more...]
BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
The True Story of The Abduction and Murder of Ann Harrison is Available Now In the early hours of March 22, 1989, two friends - career criminals with violent felony convictions - drove around the eastern Kansas City area in a stolen car committing a series of crimes. The weather was mild for late March in Kansas City; the sky was clear, and there was the pale remnant of a Full Moon that bore the dubious name of Death Moon, the last full moon of … [Read more...]
Marla Bernard
A former police sergeant, Marla Bernard is a passionate victim's rights advocate, author, and public speaker. She received her Master of Arts with honors from Baker University. She serves as adjunct faculty for a national university where she has written several criminal justice courses and has been a contributor to national law enforcement publications. She and her husband were recently filmed for an upcoming true crime series in the … [Read more...]
John Madinger
WildBlue Press Author I joined the drug war in 1974 as a sheriff's deputy, then served as a narcotics agent, supervisor, and administrator and a special agent/criminal investigator with the U.S. Department of the Treasury before hitting mandatory retirement age in 2010. I spent fifteen years of that time in undercover assignments from Florida to Honolulu and worked major fraud and money laundering cases, becoming one of the country's leading … [Read more...]
I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS
The True Story Behind America's First Modern School Shooting In 1979, Brenda Spencer, a seemingly average teenage girl living in a nice suburban neighborhood, made and executed plans that would place her in infamy and set a violent and terrifying national precedent. She received a rifle for Christmas and a month later set her sights and opens fire on the elementary school across the street. The event is forever glorified by the song 'I Don't … [Read more...]
