The Reporter’s Toolkit

Saturday, Jan. 30 @ 1:00 pm
Mill Valley Public Library

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Writers will learn how to research like a newsroom pro—tracking sources, cross-checking facts, and interviewing for character depth—while keeping narrative flow and emotional truth intact. Whether you’re building historical settings, crafting realistic dialogue, or shaping suspense, The Reporter’s Toolkit gives novelists the practical skills to write fiction that feels real, alive, and unforgettable.

About the Speaker

Geri Spieler is a journalist and investigative reporter. She has written for the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes and as a Research Director for Gartner, a global technology advising company and currently is a regular contributor to Truthdig.com, an award-winning investigative reporting website.

Her nonfiction book, Housewife Assassin: The Woman Who Tried to Kill President Ford, published by Diversion Books, has won many first-place awards and has been optioned for a ten-episode TV series by Fox Entertainment.

Geri is a past president of the California Writers Club, member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Internet Society, and Book Critics Circle.www.gerispieler.com

This program is presented in collaboration with Mill Valley Public Library.