About the Author

Wayne Klatt's first glimpses of a newsroom came when the Chicago Tribune printed four of his essays while he was a junior in high school. After earning a communications degree from the University of Illinois, Klatt worked as a reporter, writer and editor for the City News Bureau, later called the City News Service. He has won the Paul Harvey Award for a radio script and Nit & Wit magazine's Short Fiction Award. Klatt also co-wrote the true-crime books Freed to Kill and I Am Cain, and has contributed to many magazines.