Caitlin Rother on Letting Surprises Happen

Caitlin Rother on Letting Surprises Happen

During my 19-year career as an investigative reporter for daily metropolitan newspapers, I always approached stories with an open mind. Today, as the New York Times bestselling author of 16 books, most of them narrative nonfiction crime titles, that hasn’t changed. Although sometimes an editor would assign me a story idea, I purposely would try not to begin my research with preconceived notions, because they often proved wrong. I often went into…