Claudia Rowe
Claudia Rowe is a journalist who currently works for The Seattle Times.[1] In the past, she has worked for The New York Times, Mother Jones, Woman’s Day, The Huffington Post and The Stranger and other newspapers and magazines. She has been a member of the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau.
Awards
Claudia has won many awards for her work in journalism and is a celebrated reporter and advocate.
- She received the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism award in 2006, for "Judgment Calls: When to remove a child?",[2] and won in 2008 for “One Fatal Shot”.[3]
- She also received first place awards from the Society of Professional Journalists.
- She was given the Taylor Award from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism in 2009.[4]
The Spider and the Fly
In 1998, Claudia was living in Poughkeepsie, New York, working for The New York Times. She was assigned to cover the murders of Kendall Francois, a serial killer who murdered at least eight women. Claudia spent five years talking with Kendall in a quest to understand what made him tick and why he committed such horrific crimes. The end result is The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder, a book about Kendall, his effect upon her and how he helped her to overcome her own struggles. The book is presented as "part psychological thriller and part gut-wrenching memoir." (Review from Robert Kolker.)[5]
The book was published by Dey Street Books on January 24, 2017.
References
- "Claudia Rowe". Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- "2006 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism". Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- "2008 Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism". Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- "The Charlotte Observer wins Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers for Series on Problems in Poultry Industry". Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- "The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder, by Claudia Rowe". HarperCollins Publishers.