Thrillers Ripped from the Headlines

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Thrillers Ripped from the Headlines

Listen Monday, Jul. 24, 2006 at 1:06 p.m. in Arts & Culture

Guest host: Matthew Felling

Did James Michener forever shape your view of Mexico, Alaska or deep space? For better or worse, fiction based on news and history can powerfully shape public opinion. We discuss a new thriller set in Guantanamo, and explore how novelists are increasingly using today's politics to mix truth with fiction.

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Guests

Dan Fesperman

Author of "The Prisoner of Guantanamo" (Alfred A. Knopf)

William S. Cohen

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense, author of the upcoming thriller “Dragon Fire” and Chairman and CEO of the Cohen Group, an international business advisory group.

Jeff Ayers

Freelance writer and book reviewer for Library Journal and the Seattle Post Intelligencer; he's also Assistant Manager of Seattle Public Library's Magnolia Branch and author of the forthcoming "Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion"

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