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Gera-Lind Kolarik, Emmy Award winning Chicago journalist 〔Herguth, Bob. "Gera-Lind Kolarik.", "Chicago Sun-Times", 15 October 1990.〕 and true-crime author has appeared on ''Geraldo'', ''Maury Povich'', ''Phil Donahue'', ''Sally Jesse Raphael'', ''48 Hours'', ''Inside Edition'' and ''A Current Affair'' as well as more than a dozen newspapers.〔Avon Books. "Avon Books Pbblishes Emmy Award Winning Author and Journalist Gera-Lind Kolarik's True Crime Story PRISONERS OF FEAR as a Mass Market Paperback.", "Avon Books", 1995.〕 She is also the founder and owner of Evidence Video, a video production company that produces videos for attorneys in personal injury and workers compensation cases.〔"Griffith Firm’s Videotapes Have Their Day in Court", "Post-Tribune (IN)", Merrillville, 22 October 1990.〕 ==Life & Career== Kolarik grew up in Berwyn, Illinois, the daughter of James Kolarik, a factory worker and mother,Geraldine and younger sister to Barbara Marie. In 1971, Kolarik graduated from Morton West High School where she was the feature editor of the school newspaper ''The Morton West Falcon''. She attended Rosary College (now Dominican University) in River Forest, Illinois and graduated in 1975 with a degree in Communications and a secondary school teaching certificate in journalism.〔〔Valeo, Tom. “Contradictions and a Deadline”, "Daily Herald", Chicago, 4 September 1985.〕 According to Chicago publication, ''Skyline'', "After graduating from Rosary College, Kolarik discovered her interest in crime when she covered the police and political beats for City News Bureau. On her first assignment, a bullet whizzed past her ear while chasing a fleeing bank robber. She keeps it as a good luck charm.〔Swanson, Lorraine. "Crime and Publishing","Skyline", Chicago, 14 April 1997.〕 Since 1973, she has reported for several Chicago-area newspapers including the ''Chicago Tribune'', ''World Newspaper'', ''Oak Park and Life Newspapers of Berwyn'' and a freelance stringer for the ''Chicago Daily News''.〔WLS-TV."WLS-TV Captures 1984 Chicago Emmy's for Spot News and Magazine Programming.","WLS-TV", 1994.〕 She later worked as an overnight assignment editor for WBBM-Channel 2, a producer for John Drummond's ''Chicago Chronicles,'' a weekly series featuring prominent Chicagoans and as the Chief Daytime Assignment Editor for WLS-TV. In 1984, while working as an assignment editor at WLS-TV, Kolarik won an Emmy Award for Best Spot News Coverage for the fatal shooting of Judge Henry Gentile. She also won two awards for Individual Excellence at the 26th Annual Chicago Emmy Award Presentation.〔 She was also nominated for an Emmy Award for her coverage of serial killer Larry Eyler.〔"Author Kolarik to Speak at Maze","Pioneer Press", Oak Park, 18 June 1997, 109.〕 and for the five part series, ''Playground Safety'' she produced with TV anchor Linda Yu.〔 Besides working as a TV journalist, Kolarik wrote a play and published three true crime books. In 1984, Kolarik wrote ''Shattered Dreams'', a play about a fictional newsroom’s operations on Christmas based on Kolarik’s experiences as a reporter for the City News Bureau. It debuted on Christmas Day at the (Chicago Press Club ) as a contribution for the organization’s scholarship fund.〔Murphy, H. Lee. ("Newspaper Play Still In Works, But Ready To Make Its Debut" ), "Chicago Tribune", 22 February 1985.〕〔Smith, Sid. ("The News Is Not Good for 'Dreams'" ), "Chicago Tribune", 6 September 1985.〕 According to the Chicago Reader, Kolarik’s play, “explores the brutal psychic costs that sometimes accompany a lifetime in the news business.” 〔McGrath, Paul. ("Frank Devine - Shameless and Proud of It" ), "Chicago Reader", 1 March 1985.〕 Her first book, ''Freed to Kill'', describes the locating and arresting of suspected serial murderer Larry Eyler, his release on a legal loophole, and his second arrest months later for another murder.〔McNamee, Tom. "The Cops Knew It, But Couldn’t Prove It", ''Chicago Sun-Times", 14 October 1990.〕 Kolarik began following Eyler's case when he was first arrested in 1983. But it wasn't until the day he was convicted of murder in 1986 that she left her job at WLS-TV to research the Eyler case.〔Dorsey, Ann. "Author's Interests Lie in Stories Behind Headlines", "The Daily Times, Chicago, 11 Nov 1994, 1.〕〔Roche, Lynn. "SPJ Member's Novel Leads to Justice", "The Quill", Indianapolis, 1990, 42.〕 It took Kolarik four years to complete the book which involved more than 200 interviews—with police officers, journalists, the families of victims, past sex partners of Larry Eyler, and even Sarah Dobrovolskis, the wife of Eyler's lover, John, who died of AIDS in January 1990—as well as researching police records and archival material and visiting the crime scenes.〔Williams, Albert. "Piecing Together Larry Eyler's Grisly Trail", "Windy City Times", Chicago, 1 Nov 1990, 25-26.〕 The book, which alleged that Eyler was connected to several murders, resulted in the investigation being later reopened by Indiana police.〔O'Brien, John. ("Eyler Revealing Details Of 1982 Torture Murder In Indiana" ), "Chicago Tribune", 12 December 1990. Retrieved on 13 Apr. 2012.〕 According to the ''Chicago Daily Law Bulletin'', "Despite all of the prosecutorial and police talent working full-time on these tortures and heinous murders, she was the first to spot a link between the Indiana and Illinois killings and to alert the Lake County sheriff to the multi-state pattern of the crimes." 〔"Frank, Maurice A. "Author of Book on Serial Murder Helped Police Establish Pattern.", Chicago Daily Law Bulletin", 7 Dec 1990.〕 ''Freed to Kill'' is considered to be one of the factors in bringing charges against Eyler’s suspected accomplice, Robert Little, for assisting him in torturing and killing Steven Agan in 1982. Little was later acquitted of all charges.〔O'Brien, John. ("Professor Linked To Eyler Acquitted" ), "Chicago Tribune",18 April 1991.〕〔O'Brien, John. ("2 Warned Of Escapee Linked To Eyler" ), "Chicago Tribune", 08 May 1991.〕 During the Eyler trial, Kolarik was featured as the cover story "Sleuth in a Skirt" in ''Inside Chicago's'' November/December 1990 issue.〔Lindberg, Richard. "Sleuth in a Skirt.'' "Inside Chicago", November 1990.〕 ''Freed to Kill'' reached the number seven spot on the Chicago Tribune's non-fiction list in 1990.〔"Tribune Books", "Chicago Tribune", 28 Oct 1990, Sunday Edition, section 14.〕 In 1994, Kolarik published ''I Am Cain'' about the 1990 murders of Winnetka, Illinois residents Nancy and Richard Langert, committed by a local teen.〔Roger Flaherty, Dolores. "A Cliché-Ridden Story of Murder", "Chicago Sun-Times", 27 March 1994.〕〔Wilson, Terry, and Blair Kamin. ("Teen Charged in Winnetka Couple’s Deaths" ) "Chicago Tribune", 7 October 1990. Retrieved 09 Mar. 2012.〕 While researching the book, Kolarik hung out among Biro's acquaintances, in the juice bars, punk rock bars and schools. One of Biro's friends hit her and broke his fingers on her bulletproof vest.〔Rhodes, Anthe, and Julie Wichman. "A Life of True Crime", "Shepherd Express", Milwaukee, 26 May 1994.〕 Her most recent true-crime story, ''Prisoners of Fear'', recounts the story of Connie Krauser Chaney, who was stalked and eventually murdered by her estranged husband Wayne Chaney who was then shot and killed by police the next day.〔McRoberts, Flynn, and Christine Hawes. ("Chaney Case Leaves Trail Of Wreckage, Hope." ), "Chicago Tribune" , 17 March 1993. Retrieved 09 Mar. 2012.〕〔Kupcinet, Irv. "Kup's Column." "Chicago Sun-Times" , 21 November 1993.〕 through letters she had written to her family as well as excerpts of Wayne Chaney's depraved diary. Connie Chaney's murder compelled the State of Illinois to ratify one of the nation's first and toughetst anti-stalking laws, the 1992 Illinois Stalking Law.〔Pearson Rick and Robert Vitale. "Bill Aimed at Thwarting Stalkers Goes to Edgar", "Chicago Tribune", 28 June 1992.〕 Ann Rule, American true-crime writer said, "Gera-Lind Kolarik gets better with every book! ''Prisoners of Fear'' is as chilling as today's tragic headlines about women who love the wrong men...searing...gripping...spellbinding...Read and beware."〔 All three of her books have been sold for movie options.〔 In 1988 she founded Evidence Video which produces day-in-the-life documentaries and depositions by witnesses.〔 For one of the cases she worked on, which involved six children killed in a car crash, the trial tapes were shown on the "Today" show, as well as on local TV.〔Kupcinet, Irv. "Kup's Column","Chicago Sun-Times", 29 August 1999.〕 In 2012, digital (ebook) editions of ''Prisoners of Fear'', ''I Am Cain'' and ''Freed to Kill'' were published. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gera-Lind Kolarik」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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