David Freed (author)

Freed worked as an investigative journalist with The Los Angeles Times in the 1980s and 1990s. He spent time reporting on Operation Desert Storm with assignments in Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Freed wrote a series of articles starting in 1990 that highlighted flaws in Los Angeles County's criminal justice system, including overcrowded county jails and poor enforcement of lesser crimes.[4] This series made Freed a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.[5] Freed shared the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting with fellow writers at the newspaper for reportage on the Rodney King riots in 1992.[1]

In the May 2010 issue of The Atlantic, Freed reported on the plight of scientist Steven Hatfill who was investigated extensively by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) following anthrax attacks in 2001. Freed's article, "The Wrong Man," told the story of the FBI's efforts to track down individuals responsible for mailing anthrax powder to targets throughout the United States. Hartfill was targeted due to his work with the Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, his use of an antibiotic called Cipro useful in fending off anthrax and faulty investigating done by consultant Donald Wayne Foster. After six years of investigations and court proceedings, the FBI settled with Hatfill for $5.8 million after a U.S. District Court judge found no evidence that Hatfill was responsible for the anthrax attacks. Freed's account of the FBI investigation included extensive interviews with Hatfill, who had not provided his account with any publication prior to 2010.[6] The article was one of the feature writing finalists for the 2011 National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors.[7]

Since 2011, when he wrote about fractional luxury jet ownership, Freed has been a regular contributor of feature-length stories for the magazine of the National Air & Space Museum, covering a broad range of topics. In August 2012, he wrote about Curiosity, NASA's most recent Mars rover. In December 2014, after a trip to Hanoi, Freed produced a story exploring what the Vietnam War was like for North Vietnamese soldiers who shot down American warplanes using Russian-built SA-2 rockets. SA[8][9] http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/missile-men-north-vietnam-180953375/ In 2016, he was named a contributing editor to the magazine.[10]

Following the assassination in June 1976 of Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles,[11][12] Freed became a member of a team of reporters known as the "Desert Rats" that convened in Phoenix to carry on Bolles' work.[13][14][15]

Dear Ernest and Julio: The Ordinary Guy's Search for the Extraordinary Job (1997): Under the assumed name Fred Grimes, Freed collects amusing responses from employers to a series of humorous application letters for unusual jobs.

Flat Spin (2012)

In Flat Spin, Logan assists his ex-wife in hunting down the murderer of her new husband.[24]

Fangs Out (2013)

Logan is asked to investigate a murder involving a defense contractor accused of killing the daughter of a Vietnam War hero in Fangs Out.[25]

Voodoo Ridge (2014)

The plot of Voodoo Ridge involves Logan leading a team to search the Sierra Nevada Mountains for a crashed plane with valuable cargo.[26]

The Three-Nine Line (2015)

Logan is sent to Vietnam, where two former prisoners of war are being held under house arrest, accused of killing a brutal former guard from the infamous Hanoi Hilton.[27]

Hot Start (2016)

Logan investigates the murders of a big game hunter and his wife.[28]:

The Kill Circle (2017)

Logan is reluctantly drawn from his civilian pilot training school to investigate the deaths of three retired CIA analysts.[29]