Member: DaveCullen

Dave:

I enjoyed meeting you and getting my book signed at the Southern Festival of Books this October. I loved COLUMBINE, a great read. I look forward to your next book.

Daniel
St. Louis, MO

posted by Daniel_DiPlacido at 11:45 am (EST) on Nov 14, 2009

I just finished Columbine at 3:30AM this morning. Read it all in one go, could not put it down. This is the fourth book on Columbine I've read this year and so far, it is the best. The voice and flow of the book were just incredible. Well done.

posted by VictoriaPL at 8:44 am (EST) on Aug 31, 2009

I loved your book, Columbine. I still can't get over it and I've read it many months ago. I've been recommending it to others as well and actually think it would make a good book club read. I think you deserve a major award for this book with all the research you did as well as all the unanswered questions you raised.

posted by carol50 at 6:49 pm (EST) on Aug 18, 2009

Thanks, Ian.

posted by DaveCullen at 9:51 pm (EST) on Aug 1, 2009

Dave, just finished Columbine so as promised am returning to comment. I thought it an outstanding piece of work, and a tribute to your ability as a writer & investigator. Pretty stunning to read about the actions of local authorities in the aftermath, plus the contrasting reactions across the community of victims & survivors. I suppose an opportunistic response is to be expected from sections of the media but the way the evangelical churches acted was unsettling, to say the least.

People (including reviewers of your book) seem to fixate on getting a 'why?' that explains the events of April 20 1997, and I think that your scrupulous collation of facts, aligned to the analysis of Harris' & Klebold's personalities and circumstances is as close as we could come to something as simple as an explanation.

Good luck with future projects, I'll look out for them.

ian

posted by ian_curtin at 4:13 pm (EST) on Jul 21, 2009

Thanks for those wonderful comments Phantom, and Nancy. Nancy, God, 20 years. How sad to see bookstores closing like that. I hope you found something else.

posted by DaveCullen at 4:39 pm (EST) on Jul 6, 2009

I finished Columbine about a week ago. I loved it, you're information was very factual. I'm a true crime fan and I would rank your book with the writings of Ann Rule, you are a very impressive author.

posted by phantom245w44st at 2:45 pm (EST) on Jul 6, 2009

I hope you all know that I'm doing an Author Chat here on LT starting Monday.

If you have questions, I'll be here for two weeks to discuss them. See you there:

http://www.librarything.com/groups/autho...

posted by DaveCullen at 1:22 pm (EST) on May 29, 2009

Thanks Karieh and Coppers. You are giving me inspiration for the next book. Knowing what I went through on the last one, I foresee many days of hopelessness ahead, and I know how I react in those situations: I look back for events I've gone through, and how they worked out. I draw on my own history, and now you're part of it. The good part will be that I've already done a book, and I can look back and tell myself, "See. It was worth it." Thanks.

posted by DaveCullen at 1:20 pm (EST) on May 29, 2009

I just finished Columbine this morning. I cannot fathom the amount of work that must have gone into it...thank you for this gripping account of an unforgettable event in our history. Thank you for putting the facts out there and thank you for trying to answer the question "Why?". A great book.

posted by karieh at 10:14 am (EST) on May 29, 2009

"When This Old World Was New"

WHEN this old world was new,
Before the towns were made,
Love was a shepherd too.

Clear-eyed as flowers men grew,
Of evil unafraid,
When this old world was made.

No skill had they to woo,
Who but their hearts obey'd--
Love was a shepherd too.

What need to feign or sue?
Not thus was life delay'd
When this old world was new.

Under the cloudless blue
They kiss'd their shepherd-maid--
Love was a shepherd too.

They knew but joy; they knew
No pang of Love decay'd:
When this old world was new,
Love was a shepherd too.

- by Austin Dobson

posted by theoldman at 12:27 pm (EST) on May 21, 2009

Hi Dave,

I finished Columbine. Your ten years were well spent! It was a great read, but harrowing. I started out slow but then found that I just had to hurry and finish it. Embarrassingly enough, it was actually starting to give me nightmares. How you managed to keep at it for so long...I guess it's the journalist's detachment. Anyway, thank you for it. I'll be looking out for your next project. Oh, and I reviewed it,too - out on the book's page. And I'll look out for your author chat, too.

Joanne

posted by coppers at 7:50 pm (EST) on May 20, 2009

Thanks for those great comments. You all are definitely making me feel at home right off.

I signed up to do an author chat, which will run June 1-12. I look forward to talking to some of you there.

And I try to post updates every day or two to my facebook page. (I'm less attentive to Twitter, but try. And I do an OpenSalon blog that's linked up top, too, but only when I have something longer to say.)

lhossler, no, I have not managed to find time for Mitchner. I've been close several times, but I didn't feel that must-read tug, and there are always so many I'm trying to get to.

posted by DaveCullen at 1:04 am (EST) on May 16, 2009

I just read your novel Columbine, and I was so impressed. You have garnered some amazing reviews, and deservedly so. You treat the subject seriously and respectfully, but not with kid gloves. Extremely balanced. Hope you're working on something else, for I can't wait to read it!

Denise Crawford

posted by MissConstantReader at 8:35 pm (EST) on May 15, 2009

Dave, I recently bought your book and am impressed by the coverage I've read of it. I haven't got round to it yet (TBR pile is 60+...) but I plan to shortly. The event itself is one that continues to resonate, tragically, even on this side of the pond.
Anyway welcome to LT and hope to drop you a note when I get the book read.
ian

posted by ian_curtin at 4:08 pm (EST) on May 13, 2009

I really enjoyed reading your book. I was very suprised to see your posting. Ever read any Mitchener?

posted by lhossler at 11:40 am (EST) on May 13, 2009

Thanks for the nice note, Coppers. I hope you like the rest of Columbine. Please let me know. Feedback from readers is invaluable, and also one of the nicest parts of my job. (Usually. LOL.)

I'm new here, so I'm not sure I should be posting here or on your page, so I'm doing both this first time. I'll get it down. Looking forward to many rewarding exchanges here.

posted by DaveCullen at 12:42 pm (EST) on May 11, 2009