2021 Colorado Gold Keynote Speaker John DeDakis
Novelist and writing coach John DeDakis is a former editor on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."\xa0
DeDakis is the author of five mystery-suspense novels. His fourth novel, Bullet in the Chamber, was the winner of Reviewers Choice, Foreword INDIES, and Feathered Quill book awards.\xa0
In his most recent novel, Fake, protagonist Lark Chadwick is a White House correspondent trying to walk the line between personal feelings and dispassionate objectivity in the era of \u201cfake news\u201d and #MeToo. Fake earned Honorable Mention for the Reviewers Choice Award and was a Finalist for Killer Nashville\u2019s Silver Falchion Award.\xa0\xa0
DeDakis, a former White House correspondent, is a manuscript editor, and regularly teaches novel writing online and at literary centers, writers\u2019 conferences, and bookstores around the country and abroad.
He is also a jazz drummer.
DeDakis will be a keynote speaker at Colorado Gold in Denver (Oct. 15 to 17) and is also teaching a master class.\xa0
More at: https://johndedakis.com/
Intro Music by Moby Gratis:
Outro Music by Dan-o-Songs: