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Author and reporter Edna Buchanan discusses with Charlie Rose about her 4th new installment on her Britt Montero book series.
In a 1996 interview with Charlie Rose, the famous fiction and non-fiction writer, Edna Buchanan discusses walking the police beat, her life in Miami, and her new upcoming book titled, Act of Betrayal. Buchanan had ended her career writing for the Miami Harold and began writing books about the murders and crimes she covered as a reporter.
Buchanan had actually found work at a small community newspaper before becoming a reporter for the herald. Later once she started writing for the Miami Herald newspaper, Buchanan talked about her reporting days with the law and how being close to police work was beneficial to cracking a story.
"No better creature on earth than a good cop," says Buchanan, "Its not just a job to them, its their life."
She has had a couple experiences working with police. She has covered more than 5,000 murder stories and has even married a policeman before.
Before becoming heavily involved in reporting murder stories and walking the police beat in Miami, Florida, Buchanan grew up in Patterson, New Jersey and moved to Florida in 1961 with her mother.
"The moment I saw Miami, it felt like I was coming home" says Buchanan, "I felt like I belonged here." She said how the feeling was like going from black and white movie to all of a sudden being in technicolor.
Buchanan also got a chance to talk briefly about her 4th installment in her fiction book series. Act of Betrayal involves a character named Britt Montero.
The story is about a character named Britt who reports a story about a missing teenager. In a long string of events, Britt uncovers a frightening pattern of identical cases. Many similar profiled boys start to vanish without a trace, its up to Britt to find out who and why.
The story takes place in Miami, Florida, a lot of Buchanan's books take place in Miami for the setting. "Miami is the main character in all my books," says Buchanan. She also says her character, Britt Montero, is who she would like to be.
"She's a woman of action, she is a role model for me."
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At A Glance:
Edna BuchananEdna's new book "Act of Betrayal"
February 3rd, 1996
To inform the public of her new book and her past experiences as a news reporter for the Miami Herald.
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