“An Innocent Bystander” Author Julie Salamon to Speak at Russell Sage College

Julie Salamon will speak and sign copies of her book, “An Innocent Bystander: The Killing of Leon Klinghoffer,” on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, at 6 p.m. in Bush Memorial Center, Russell Sage College, 65 1st Street, Troy, N.Y.

Salamon accessed newly unclassified materials to write “An Innocent Bystander,” which tells the story of the 1985 hijacking of the Cruise Ship Achille Lauro. Publishers Weekly described the book as “the most in-depth look at the hijacking to date.”

Salamon is well known for her writing on show business, philanthropy, the Holocaust, the insanity defense and modern medical care. Her books, including the international best-seller “The Devil’s Candy” and the New York Times best-selling biography of playwright Wendy Wasserstein, “Wendy and the Lost Boys,” have received wide critical and popular attention. Her talk at Sage is supported by the Chapman Lecture Fund.

The event is free and open to the public.

About the author: Thom Francis

Thom Francis has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents..., and the Albany Word Fest for over 20 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.