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John DeDakis - CNY Speaking & Book Signing Tour
About John DeDakis
Who: John DeDakis, Novelist and CNN Editor ("The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer")
What: CNY Book Signing & Speaking Tour
Where: Central New York, including Syracuse and the Mohawk Valley.
When: Saturday, July 11 to Sunday, July 19, 2009. Considering extension of tour based upon demand.
Speaking Topic: "From Journalist to Novelist (How I Learned to Stop Telling the Truth and Start Making it Up)." John will discuss his 40-year career in journalism and how that led him to become a published novelist. His lively and engaging discussion of journalism, current events, and novel writing is typically of great interest to residents of independent and assisted living facilities, churches, service organizations, college students, book clubs and writing groups. See all John DeDakis Events - More About John DeDakis
Bio: Author and CNN Senior Copy Editor John DeDakis is an editor and writer for the Emmy-Award winning "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" (Mon.-Fri. 4-7pm ET and Saturday at 6pm ET).
DeDakis (pronounced deh-DAY-kiss) is the author of the mystery/suspense novel "Fast Track" published by ArcheBooks. It's the story of a young woman's search for purpose as she solves the mystery surrounding the car-train collision which orphaned her as an infant. The novel deals with issues of suicide, journalistic integrity, anonymous sources, and mentoring relationships.
"Fast Track" grew out of two events in the author's life: a fatal car/train crash he witnessed as a youngster in 1959 and the suicide of his sister in 1980. His second novel, "Bluff," a sequel to "Fast Track," based on his four-day, 25-mile hike along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru, will be published soon by ArcheBooks.
DeDakis, a native of La Crosse, Wisconsin, began his journalism career in 1969 by getting tear gassed as he covered an anti-Vietnam War riot for a campus radio station at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned a B.A. in Journalism from that university in 1977 following a stint in the Army where he worked from 1972-74 as a Special Events Reporter at The American Forces Network - Europe, based in Frankfurt, Germany.
DeDakis is a former White House Correspondent and has interviewed such luminaries as Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Alfred Hitchcock. DeDakis has been with CNN since July 1988. From 2001 to 2005, he supervised the writing on CNN's "Daybreak," anchored by Carol Costello.
From 1976 to 1983, DeDakis was a reporter at WMTV (NBC) in Madison, Wisconsin. From 1983 to 1988, he was a correspondent with CBN News in Virginia Beach, Virginia and Washington, DC. In addition to book signings and readings, DeDakis frequently speaks on the topic "From Journalist to Novelist: (Or How I Learned to Stop Telling the Truth and Start Making it Up)." He is a lecturer at American University, Washington, D.C. where he teaches a journalism and writing class for student interns during the summer. He is also an adjunct professor at Regent University, where he taught newswriting to grad students online in 2008.
In June 2009, he will be teaching an online class through Regent University on how to write a novel. DeDakis is currently working with an agent to bring his screenplay adaptation of "Fast Track" to the attention of Hollywood and has begun writing book three in the Lark Chadwick series.
DeDakis is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. His wife, Cynthia, is a choral conductor. They have three grown children and divide their time between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
Who: John DeDakis, Novelist and CNN Editor ("The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer")
What: CNY Book Signing & Speaking Tour
Where: Central New York, including Syracuse and the Mohawk Valley.
When: Saturday, July 11 to Sunday, July 19, 2009. Considering extension of tour based upon demand.
Speaking Topic: "From Journalist to Novelist (How I Learned to Stop Telling the Truth and Start Making it Up)." John will discuss his 40-year career in journalism and how that led him to become a published novelist. His lively and engaging discussion of journalism, current events, and novel writing is typically of great interest to residents of independent and assisted living facilities, churches, service organizations, college students, book clubs and writing groups. See all John DeDakis Events - More About John DeDakis
Bio: Author and CNN Senior Copy Editor John DeDakis is an editor and writer for the Emmy-Award winning "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" (Mon.-Fri. 4-7pm ET and Saturday at 6pm ET).
DeDakis (pronounced deh-DAY-kiss) is the author of the mystery/suspense novel "Fast Track" published by ArcheBooks. It's the story of a young woman's search for purpose as she solves the mystery surrounding the car-train collision which orphaned her as an infant. The novel deals with issues of suicide, journalistic integrity, anonymous sources, and mentoring relationships.
"Fast Track" grew out of two events in the author's life: a fatal car/train crash he witnessed as a youngster in 1959 and the suicide of his sister in 1980. His second novel, "Bluff," a sequel to "Fast Track," based on his four-day, 25-mile hike along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru, will be published soon by ArcheBooks.
DeDakis, a native of La Crosse, Wisconsin, began his journalism career in 1969 by getting tear gassed as he covered an anti-Vietnam War riot for a campus radio station at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned a B.A. in Journalism from that university in 1977 following a stint in the Army where he worked from 1972-74 as a Special Events Reporter at The American Forces Network - Europe, based in Frankfurt, Germany.
DeDakis is a former White House Correspondent and has interviewed such luminaries as Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Alfred Hitchcock. DeDakis has been with CNN since July 1988. From 2001 to 2005, he supervised the writing on CNN's "Daybreak," anchored by Carol Costello.
From 1976 to 1983, DeDakis was a reporter at WMTV (NBC) in Madison, Wisconsin. From 1983 to 1988, he was a correspondent with CBN News in Virginia Beach, Virginia and Washington, DC. In addition to book signings and readings, DeDakis frequently speaks on the topic "From Journalist to Novelist: (Or How I Learned to Stop Telling the Truth and Start Making it Up)." He is a lecturer at American University, Washington, D.C. where he teaches a journalism and writing class for student interns during the summer. He is also an adjunct professor at Regent University, where he taught newswriting to grad students online in 2008.
In June 2009, he will be teaching an online class through Regent University on how to write a novel. DeDakis is currently working with an agent to bring his screenplay adaptation of "Fast Track" to the attention of Hollywood and has begun writing book three in the Lark Chadwick series.
DeDakis is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. His wife, Cynthia, is a choral conductor. They have three grown children and divide their time between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
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