Gary Kinder is a New York Times bestselling author, a lawyer, and an entrepreneur, who created and founded WordRake, the first editing software for professionals. He authored the

true crime True crime is a nonfiction literary, podcast, and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people associated with and affected by criminal events. The crimes most commonly include murder; about 40 per ...

classic, '' Victim: The Other Side of Murder'' (1980); ''Light Years: An Investigation into the Extraterrestrial Experiences of Eduard Meier'' (1987); and ''The New York Times'' Best Seller, ''Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea'' (1998).

Work

Kinder researched his first book for seven years before publishing it. ''Victim'' is based on the real characters and events of the

Hi-Fi Murders The Hi-Fi murders were the torture and killings of three people during a robbery at the Hi-fi Shop, a home audio store in Ogden, Utah, on the evening of April 22, 1974. Several men entered the Hi-fi Shop shortly before closing time and began ta ...

that occurred on April 22, 1974, in

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, and has been cited by reviewers as a pioneering work, because it was one of the first true crime books to focus on the victims of a violent crime rather than on the perpetrators. ''Light Years: An Investigation into the Extraterrestrial Experiences of Eduard Meier'' — a comprehensive investigation of

Billy Meier Eduard Albert Meier, commonly nicknamed "Billy", is the founder of a UFO religion called the "Freie Interessengemeinschaft für Grenz- und Geisteswissenschaften und Ufologiestudien" (Free Community of Interests for the Border and Spiritual Scienc ...

, a Swiss farmer's claims he was contacted by extraterrestrials — was first serialized in ''

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''. ''Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea'' addresses the story of the sidewheel steamer SS ''Central America'', sometimes called the "Ship of Gold," which sank in 1857 during a hurricane off the Carolina coast, and in the 1980s became the object of a feverish hunt by treasure seekers. Since 1988, Kinder has taught legal writing to lawyers and judges throughout the United States. He has worked as a consultant, delivering seminars on legal writing at law firms and corporate legal departments. Kinder has also created popular training programs for the

American Bar Association The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. Founded in 1878, the ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of acad ...

. In 2012, Kinder created and founded the software company WordRake, which holds ten U.S. Patents. The company's eponymous software is an automated editing program that suggests changes to improve brevity and clarity.

Personal life

After graduating from the University of Florida Law School, Kinder lived as an "impoverished writer" – working as a busboy, bartender, and bellman "anything to keep his days free to write" – during his seven years working on ''Victim''. Afterward, he sold the film rights for a six-figure sum in addition to proceeds from the book deal. Kinder lives with his wife in

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. He continues writing and teaching advanced writing seminars to professionals across the United States.Gary Kinder Biography
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References

External links

Gary Kinder's Website

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