![]() To unsubscribe from the Children's Bookshelf, without removing yourself from all of PW’s newsletter lists, update your newsletter preferences. If you are not >, then please disregard this. You are receiving this email because > subscribed to one of Publishers Weekly's newsletters. ![]() To view back issues of Children's Bookshelf, click here. Send editorial questions about this e-newsletter to: advertising questions about this e-newsletter to: PW on Facebook and Twitter.įor additional assistance, contact us by email or at the address below.Įmail not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. ![]() And it raises questions about how we live today. I must have been 14 at the time and I became sort of obsessed with the story, mostly by the question of why they did it. As a kid I went to the Chicago Historical Society, now the Chicago History Museum, and saw a big exhibit on Leopold and Loeb. Q: What drew you to the subject of Leopold and Loeb and the murder they hoped would be the perfect crime?Ī: I live in Chicago, and it’s a story that’s part of that city. We spoke with Fleming about what inspired her to tackle this harrowing story, and how she maintained the book's gripping pace. The crime led to a landmark court case that changed the rules for the death penalty in the U.S. ![]() In her latest book, Murder Among Friends, prolific nonfiction author Candace Fleming investigates the notorious murder perpetrated by 19-year-old Nathan Leopold and 18-year-old Richard Loeb in 1924. ![]()
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