Claudia Rowe is a

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who currently works for ''

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''. In the past, she has worked for ''

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'' and ''The Stranger'' and other newspapers and magazines. She has been a member of the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau.

Awards

Claudia has won many awards for her work in journalism and is a celebrated reporter and advocate. * She received the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism award in 2006, fo
"Judgment Calls: When to remove a child?"
and won in 2008 fo
“One Fatal Shot”
. * She also received first place awards from the

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. * She was given the Taylor Award from the

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in 2009.

''The Spider and the Fly''

In 1998, Claudia was living in Poughkeepsie,

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, working for ''The New York Times''. She was assigned to cover the murders by

Kendall Francois Kendall Francois (July 26, 1971 – September 11, 2014) was a serial killer from Poughkeepsie (city), New York, Poughkeepsie, New York, convicted of killing eight women, from 1996 to 1998. After his conviction and sentencing, Francois was housed ...

, a serial killer who murdered at least eight women. Claudia spent five years talking with Kendall in a quest to understand what made him tick and why he committed such horrific crimes. The end result is ''The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder'', a book about Kendall, his effect upon her and how he helped her to overcome her own struggles. Published by

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on January 24, 2017, the book is presented as "part psychological thriller and part gut-wrenching memoir." (Review from Robert Kolker.)

References

External links

Official Site
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