Tucson Festival of Books | Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Barbara Bradley Hagerty is an award-winning journalist at The Atlantic and formerly of National Public Radio. She is the author of the New York Times-bestselling "Fingerprints of God and Life Reimagined." She has received the American Women in Radio and Television Award twice. Her reporting was part of the NPR coverage that earned the network the 2001 George Foster Peabody and Overseas Press Club awards after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Her new book is "Bringing Ben Home."

Scheduled events:

The Path To and From Prison

In today's session, true crime authors Lisa Belkin and Barbara Bradley Hagerty will a discuss a case of a young cop's murder by a prisoner on parole... and another of a man falsely imprisoned for thirty years for murder.

Student Union Santa Rita (Seats 110)

Sat, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
True Crime
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)

Panelists: Lisa Belkin, Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Moderator: Anne Segal

Exploring the Criminal Mind

Why were highway serial killers so prolific? Why did investigators lie to convict an innocent man? What led to the cocaine boom--and bust? Three writers discuss the behind-the-scenes investigating that allowed them to get inside criminal cases.

Integrated Learning Center Room 150 (Seats 155, Wheelchair accessible)

Sun, Mar 16, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
True Crime
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)

Panelists: Barbara Bradley Hagerty, T.J. English, Frank Figliuzzi
Moderator: Barbara LaWall

Books:

Bringing Ben Home

A Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice
True Crime
Penguin Publishing Group
August 2024
ISBN 9780593420089
464 pages

Life Reimagined

The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Penguin Publishing Group
March 2017
ISBN 9780399573323
464 pages