PLOT TWISTS: A MEMOIR ON WRITING AND LIVING - Couverture souple

DeDakis, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798890224835

Editeur : Speaking Volumes, LLC, 2026

Synopsis

In Plot Twists: A Memoir on Writing and Living, writing coach, award-winning novelist, and former CNN editor John DeDakis delivers a candid coming-of-age memoir shaped by the upheaval of the 1950s and '60s when assassinations, the Vietnam War, and a nation in turmoil rerouted his life. Along the way, DeDakis interviews Alfred Hitchcock, covers Ronald Reagan, and works beside Wolf Blitzer—while privately grappling with spiritual doubt, his sister's suicide, and the devastating loss of his youngest son to addiction. In unflinching prose, DeDakis traces his evolution from hedonistic impulsivity to hard-won integrity.

"Heartfelt, heartbreaking, and hopeful." —James L'Etoile, Executive Vice President, Mystery Writers of America

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Journalist, Novelist, and Writing Coach John DeDakis is a former Senior Copy Editor on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." DeDakis (pronounced deh-DAY-kiss) is the author of five novels in the Lark Chadwick mystery-suspense series. His fourth novel, Bullet in the Chamber, is the winner of Reviewers Choice, Foreword INDIES, and Feathered Quill book awards. The book deals, in part, with the death of John's 22-year-old son Stephen in 2011.In John's most recent novel, Fake, Lark is a White House correspondent dealing with "fake news" in the era of #MeToo. Kirkus Reviews calls Fake "A gripping, topical tale about the difficulties of discerning the truth."During John's award-winning 45-year career in journalism (25 years at CNN), he has been a White House Correspondent and interviewed such luminaries as Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. DeDakis has taught journalism at the University of Maryland - College Park, and American University in Washington, D.C.DeDakis is a manuscript editor, and regularly teaches novel writing at literary centers, writers' conferences, and bookstores around the country and abroad, including at the Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C. and at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland. In his spare time, DeDakis is also a jazz drummer.Visit John's website at www.johndedakis.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Speaking Volumes, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798890224835
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.es/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg