The former Dallas journalist’s true-crime saga was released earlier this month.
Rena Pederson, who spent much of her career in Dallas, where she was the first female editorial page director and then vice president of The Dallas Morning News, is author of the recently published book "King of Diamonds."It was a warm night downtown on April 4, and the sold-out audience inside the Dallas Museum of Art leaned in as
But as Pederson grew closer to the story, she also began touching the seedy underbelly of a city that still holds many secrets. Mafia, spies, celebrities, gambling dens, sex trafficking – all of it wrapped up in the glittering bow of high society.contributor who lives in Austin, was the first person to tell me about Pederson’s new book, which sat in PDF form on my laptop until a journalist friend texted me about it.
“Isn’t that the great thing about email?” she asked me, as the hostess led us to a long booth. “You always have a friend.”, “I was as unassuming as Agatha Christie’s rumpled Miss Marple, but without the hat and knitting.” Rumpled, no, but unassuming, yes.
Whoever the King of Diamonds turned out to be – an architect, a society writer, the wayward son of a Las Vegas casino owner, there were theories aplenty – the trail went dead over the next decades as Pederson’s career caught fire. She became a heavyweight atand interviewed Margaret Thatcher, Fidel Castro and Princess Grace. During the Bush administration, she worked as a senior speechwriter and advisor at the U.S. Department of State.
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