Can Washington, DC handle more than one superagent? A new literary agency will find out
If you’re a regular reader of MobyLives, the name Robert Barnett should ring a bell. And if it doesn’t, here are some other names that will perhaps sound more familiar:… Read more »
Unsolved crime highlights from Edward Jay Epstein’s Bibliocommons Q&A
On Wednesday, we teamed up with Bibliocommons to celebrate paperback launch of respected investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein’s updated and revised book, The Annals of Unsolved Crime. Here are some… Read more »
UK updates libel laws, but not soon enough for Amanda Knox
After decades of being known world-wide as the friendliest jurisdiction to sue someone for libel in, England is set to change its laws. Earlier this year, the path to libel… Read more »
The Amanda Knox circus—again
Amanda Knox, even while appearing on prime time television in America to promote her book Waiting to Be Heard, is facing yet another murder trial in Italy for a crime—of… Read more »
The bizarre pursuit of Amanda Knox: injustice Italian style
On March 25, 2013, the Court of Cassation, Italy’s highest court of appeal, overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox. The comely Knox was a 20-year-old American exchange student in Perugia… Read more »