The Hellenic Writers' Group of Washington DC was fortunate to have Emmy award-winning journalist and author John DeDakis speak to the Hellenic Writers Group of Washington DC, Dec. 18, 2016, at the Hellenic Center in Bethesda, MD.
AUTHOR BIO:
Journalist, Novelist and Writing Coach John DeDakis is a former Senior Copy Editor on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer." DeDakis (pronounced deh-DAY-kiss) is the author of four mystery-suspense novels. Bullet in the Chamber, the fourth novel in the Lark Chadwick series, deals, in part, with the death of John's 22-year-old son Stephen in 2011.
During John's award-winning 45-year career in journalism (25 years at CNN), he has been a White House Correspondent and interviewed such luminaries as Alfred Hitchcock, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan.
John's father, Nicholas George DeDakis, was a district governor of AHEPA in the Chicago area about 1930.
John DeDakis is a writing coach, manuscript editor, writing workshop leader, and has taught journalism at the University of Maryland – College Park, and American University in Washington, D.C. He also regularly leads writing workshops at The Writer's Center in Bethesda and at the Politics & Prose bookstore in Washington.
John's website: www.johndedakis.com
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Have a Happy New Year 2017!!
