Stephanie Kane

1 week ago | coloradosun.com | Stephanie Kane |Kevin Simpson

This book was a finalist for the 2024 Colorado Authors League award for Biography/Memoir. It is the process of storytelling rather than the story itself that is the point. What excited Sarah Polley about making a documentary about her mother was watching the aftermath. —Sarah Polley | FilmmakerIf there’s a story you like, just write it up and see how it feels. It’s not illegal until you do something with it.

Mar 12, 2024 | thenorthernmyth.com | Bob Gosford |Mark Bonta |Stephanie Kane |Eugene Hunn

Regular readers will know that I’ve been attending—and presenting—at various meetings of different ethnobiological and related associations over the past two decades, starting with Australasian Ornithological Conferences as far back as 2001 and (fairly) regularly at a variety of Australian and international meetings since then.

Jun 14, 2023 | criminalelement.com | Crime HQ |Stephanie Kane

This extraordinary story of a high-class Berlin brothel—taken over by the Nazi secret service—is one of the last untold tales of World War II. Start reading an excerpt here! AUTHORS’ FOREWORDThe legend of Salon Kitty is well known to historians, filmmakers, cinema goers, and indeed to anyone taking more than a passing interest in Nazi Germany. But until now, verifiable facts have been few, and myths, rumours and legends have accumulated.

May 16, 2023 | crimereads.com | Stephanie Kane

Why bother with a divorce when you can have it all? For a certain type of male sociopath, the calculus is simple. I say this because I knew one. Fifty years ago, on a blazing Saturday in June, Duane Frye beat his wife Betty to death in their Denver-area garage two weeks before I was to marry their son. That morning I was one of the last to speak to Betty. Two hours later, she was dead. A couple of hours after that, I encountered Duane at the karate studio where my fiancé was teaching.

May 9, 2023 | writersdigest.com | Stephanie Kane

True Crime Redux has a checkered past. It originated with a real murder, became a mystery novel, stuck a toe into traditional true crime, morphed into a blog, and ended up a true crime memoir. Craft-wise, each version sent me back to square one. Although going from mystery to nonfiction was a big leap, transforming blog posts into a coherent book taught me the most humbling lesson. But first, the story behind the story.