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Laura Caldwell

Laura Caldwell
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Laura Caldwell

Laura Caldwell, a former trial lawyer, is currently a professor and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She is the author of eleven novels and one non-fiction book. She is a nation-wide speaker and the founder of Life After Innocence, which helps innocent people begin their lives again after being wrongfully imprisoned. Laura has been published in thirteen languages and over twenty countries. To learn more, please visit www.lauracaldwell.com.

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September 20, 2010
Yesterday, Richard Daley announced he would not run again for mayor of Chicago. I was on the road, driving from my house on the...
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February 18, 2010
Writing Resolutions

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February 18, 2010
Jason Pinter, a good writer friend, tweeted last week that he was "tinkering" with a manuscript. I tweeted back, "God is in the...
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February 18, 2010

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February 18, 2010
Life After Innocence client, Dean Cage, appeared on the Dr. Phil Show last week. During the show he got to meet the woman who...
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November 19, 2009
Well, its official - I'm writing four more Izzy books. I am into number four now. I don't have a title yet and can't decide if I...
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November 19, 2009
October was my month for travel. First, I went to Napa with girlfriends and bled the countryside of wine. Next, I went to the...
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Sep 27, 2010
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WGN Radio 720, June 5, 2013
...Printer’s Row festival this Sunday, June 9th at ‘The Fierce Woman’ Panel also featuring Julia Keller and Laura Caldwell...
NWI Times, May 31, 2013
...What: Michael Harvey will be signing copies of his new book and discussing wrongful convictions with Chicago author Laura Caldwell. When: Tuesday, June 11, 6-9 pm Where: The Hidden Shamrock Bar & Restaurant, 2723 North Halsted, Chicago, IL Cost:...
Chicago Tribune, November 7, 2012
...care for the "The Jane Austen Book Club" by Karen Joy Fowler. Up next "Long Way Home" by Laura Caldwell. She is a Chicago author who wrote about Chicago's prison and legal system. Tell us about your favorite readers at printersrow@tribune.com...
Doings Hinsdale, October 26, 2012
...The chef and force behind Vie Restaurant in Western Springs will speak on cooking and writing. Mystery writer Laura Caldwell once worked as a Chicago civil trial lawyer. She has created the Izzy McNeil mysteries and has also written the nonfiction book...
Time Out Chicago, October 23, 2012
...book is a short memoir, A Drive into the Gap. Photo: Kevin Guilfoile400.bo.bo.op.kevinguilfoile.jpg157983063 Laura Caldwell “The scariest book I’ve read recently was Gone Girl by my friend Gillian Flynn. There isn’t gratuitous violence, and...
Chicago Daily Herald, September 14, 2012
...m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at Andersons Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. (630) 355-2665 or andersonsbookshop.com. Authors Laura Caldwell and Sara Connell team up for an author event at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at The Book Stall at Chestnut...
WGN Radio 720, June 5, 2013
...Printer’s Row festival this Sunday, June 9th at ‘The Fierce Woman’ Panel also featuring Julia Keller and Laura Caldwell...
NWI Times, May 31, 2013
...What: Michael Harvey will be signing copies of his new book and discussing wrongful convictions with Chicago author Laura Caldwell. When: Tuesday, June 11, 6-9 pm Where: The Hidden Shamrock Bar & Restaurant, 2723 North Halsted, Chicago, IL Cost:...
Guardian.co.uk, May 27, 2013
...to work on Tuesday, with the arrival of summer in the coming weeks still "up in the air". Laura Caldwell, forecaster for MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "Unfortunately, rain in western parts of the country is going to...
Guardian.co.uk, May 27, 2013
...to work on Tuesday, with the arrival of summer in the coming weeks still "up in the air". Laura Caldwell, forecaster for MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "Unfortunately, rain in western parts of the country is going to...
Guardian.co.uk, May 27, 2013
...to work on Tuesday, with the arrival of summer in the coming weeks still "up in the air". Laura Caldwell, forecaster for MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "Unfortunately, rain in western parts of the country is going to...
The Independent, May 27, 2013
...week for millions tomorrow, with the arrival of summer in the coming weeks still "up in the air". Laura Caldwell, forecaster for the Press Association's weather service, said: "Unfortunately, rain in western parts of the country is going to push further...
The Independent, May 27, 2013
...week for millions tomorrow, with the arrival of summer in the coming weeks still "up in the air". Laura Caldwell, forecaster the Press Association's weather service, said: "Unfortunately, rain in western parts of the country is going to push further...