Diary of a Predator

by Amy Herdy

Overview

This groundbreaking tour de force presents the gripping, true account of one of America’s most notorious serial rapists and the tough female journalist assigned to cover his case.

Following an exhaustive manhunt and his capture in 2005, Brent Brents sent letters and his journal to Denver Post reporter Amy Herdy—with the condition that she alone tell his story. Here, then, in his raw and uncensored words, Brents reveals shocking details about his childhood abuse and the monstrous acts he later committed. Going way beyond just the facts, he gives us an unprecedented look inside the twisted mind of a sociopath.

At the same time, Amy has a personal story to tell. Rocked to the core by Brents’ disturbing case, she sets out to understand this ruthless criminal only to be confronted with her own troubled past. Ultimately, she must make a choice that will change her life forever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780983180203
Publisher:	Vincent Publishing House
Publication date:	01/16/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

For twenty years, Amy Herdy has specialized in covering crime for both television and print newsrooms.

Ms. Herdy began her career in television news in Kentucky and Florida, where she also worked as a crime reporter at The St. Petersburg Times for seven years. In 2002, she came to The Denver Post as an investigative criminal justice reporter. An investigative series she co-authored in 2003 at The Post, “Betrayal in the Ranks,” outlined how the military mishandles cases of sexual assault and domestic violence and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2004. Ms. Herdy also reported a television news version of the story for KUSA-TV that was nominated for a regional Emmy.

During her career Ms. Herdy has won awards for her work in journalism, including a regional Emmy for an investigative television series she produced on the misconduct of public officials; Society of Professional Journalists awards; a Radio, Television News Directors Association award;an Associated Press award; two American Society of Newspaper Editors awards and a Military Reporters and Editors award.

Her professional engagements include, “The Art of the Interview” for Investigative Reporters and Editors, Denver, July 2010; “The Art of the Interview” and “Journalism and Trauma” in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad, Pakistan in May 2009 for the U.S. State Department; “The Art of the Interview” and “Journalism & Trauma” at Bahria University and the National University of Foreign Languages in Islamabad, Pakistan in November, 2008; “Covering Violence and Teaching Emotional Injury” in March 2007 at the University of Oklahoma, Norman for the Dart Center; a 2005 plenary for the National Center for Victims of Crime conference in Washington, D.C.; a panel for the 2005 Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Denver, Colo.; and a 2004 plenary for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies in New Orleans.

Ms. Herdy is now a writer and media consultant who lives outside of Boulder.