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Author Talk and Book Signing with Dick Lehr

December 12, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Free

Bestselling author of Black Mass and award-winning investigative journalist Dick Lehr will be speaking at the State Library on Wednesday, December 12, about his recent novel, Trell.

Soon to be adapted into a motion picture, Trell is the gripping story of a teenage girl who teams up with a Boston Globe reporter in an effort to free her wrongfully-convicted father.  Written for a young adult audience, this novel is a departure from Lehr’s previous true-crime bestsellers; however, much like his previous books, Trell focuses on the issue of social justice. The novel is inspired by the true story of Shawn Drumgold, a Boston man wrongfully convicted of the murder in the 1980s of a 12-year-old girl from Roxbury. Lehr’s investigative reporting on Drumgold’s case ultimately led to his release from a life sentence without parole.

Author Dick Lehr is currently a Professor of Journalism at Boston University and previously has worked as a reporter at the Hartford Courant and The Boston Globe. During his time at the Globe, Lehr was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in investigative reporting and served as a longtime member of the newspaper’s Spotlight Team.

Details

Date:
December 12, 2018
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://www.mass.gov/state-library-author-talk-series

Venue

State Library of Massachusetts
State House-Room 341, 24 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02133 United States
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Phone:
6177272595
Website:
https://www.mass.gov/orgs/state-library-of-massachusetts

Did You Know?

Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.