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Geri Spieler Non-fiction Writer

Geri Spieler

Biography
Geri Spieler is an award-winning investigative journalist and esteemed author who has written for such publications as the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Forbes. Geri was the founder and editor of Electronic Commerce News, a technology journal published by Phillips Business Information, which led to a six-year assignment as a Research Director and Analyst for the Gartner Group, an international technology advising company. Geri established a professional relationship with would-be presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore that lasted for thirty years. This unique access to her enigmatic subject, combined with her diligent independent research, reveals information never before known in Taking Aim at the President: The Remarkable Story of the Woman who Shot Gerald Ford, a compelling new book published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Upcoming Works

  • "Taking Aim at the President: The Remarkable Story of a Housewife Assassin" will be published in January 2009 by Palgrave-Macmillan.

    Sara Jane Moore, a curly-haired, apple-cheeked, 45 year old soccer mom, came within six inches of killing the President of the United States.

    Reports trivialized her as a housewife who couldn’t shoot straight. In truth, this would-be assassin was an expert marksman, who transitioned rapidly from her doctor-husband’s home to the turbulent streets of San Francisco. While assisting William Randolph Heart hunt for his kidnapped daughter, Moore became a double agent, an informant both radical underground groups and for shadowy FBI neo-Cointelpro operations. A dark, compelling story of a woman of the ‘70’s, with major reverberations for governmental activities today.

Nickname

  • Geri

Relationship

  • Married

Family

  • Three grown sons, three grandsons

Causes I Support

  • Village Harvest, harvesting produce for the homeless and hungry. American Lung Association, Big Brothers and Big Sisters,

University Affiliation

  • University of California at Los Angeles

Agents

  • Sharlene Martin

Contact Agents

Publishers

  • Palgrave-Macmillan

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