Hey Wisconsin types: Here's your chance to meet and support lots of authors with Wisconsin ties, as well as and help the Brookfield Public Library continue to put on great programs. Twelve authors will talk informally with visitors and sell their books at the library's Meet the Author event, which will take place from 10... Continue Reading →
I just got an email from Judi Parmeter, with the Wauwatosa Senior Center, where I will be speaking in March. She said that the Contemporary Book group from the center has read "Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher" and conducted a discussion on it. I provided a few discussion questions for them,... Continue Reading →
Here is a new press release I'll be sending out shortly. I think it better enlightens folks to the fact that there is more in this book than just the story of a boy who was killed a long time ago. I've had people come up to me after programs telling me that the most... Continue Reading →
I had a great time talking about "Murder in Wauwatosa" at a meeting of the Wauwatosa Historical Society on Jan. 8, 2013. We met at the First Congregational Church at the corner of Church Street and Menomonee River Parkway. This is the church that sponsored my Boy Scout troop when I was young. My father,... Continue Reading →
I recently had the leader of a book club ask me for some discussion topics on my book, which her group is reading right now. In no particular order... this is what I came up with (any other suggestions would be appreciated): *Who do you think killed Buddy Schumacher and why? *Do you think any... Continue Reading →
It's finally time to exhale. After a couple of months of book signings, talks and several trips to the Milwaukee area, my schedule (where my book is concerned anyway) has finally settled down just a bit. We had 11 author events in the past three months, highlighted by a three-suburb, one-day tour in the Milwaukee... Continue Reading →
I've added a few more photos: grave site for Buddy's parents, Art and Florence Schumacher, as well as some of the coverage that the Wauwatosa News had in 1925. The News' coverage was much more toned down compared to the coverage that the Milwaukee papers provided on the case. In fact, the News only ran... Continue Reading →
The text has been sent to The History Press. Image information has been sent. Images (except for four 1925 newspaper images I'm waiting on from Milwaukee) have been sent. About the Author has been sent. Just those four more images and the publisher will have everything!
In consulting with The History Press editorial staff, we've determined that the book will be called “Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher.” I've sent a CD full of images to The History Press, including a photo of myself. Not much left to do on my end but send the manuscript, which could very well... Continue Reading →
I just got permission to publish some newspaper reprints from 1925 in the book. We'll have some images from the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel. Thank you! As you can see from the News Coverage photo gallery on this site, the Milwaukee papers devoted a lot of coverage to this case.These images are really going... Continue Reading →
