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12/14/12 Sandy Hook Elementary School Newton, Connecticut we remember the numbers: 20 children and 6 adults, murdered in a place of nurture and trust. We remember the names: teachers like Victoria Soto, who lost her life protecting her students. A shooter named Adam Lanza. And we remember the questions: outraged conjecture instantly monopolized the worldwide response to the tragedy—while the truth went missing. here is the definitive journalistic account of Newtown, an essential examination of the facts— not only of that horrific day but the perfect storm of mental instability and obsession that preceded it and, in the aftermath of unspeakable heartbreak, the controversy that continues to play out on the national stage. Drawn from previously undisclosed emails, police reports, and in-depth interviews, Newtown: An American Tragedy breaks through a miasma of misinformation with its comprehensive and astonishing portrayal.
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Matthew Lysiak is a nationally recognized journalist and author of Newtown: An American Tragedy (Gallery/Simon & Schuster, December 2013) Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World (Harper Collins, March 2015) , and co-author of the upcoming series Hilde Cracks the Case (Scholastic 2017) , which was acquired for television by Paramount. Matthew's original play Heidi's Monkeys, a psychological horror is performed every October at the Pajama Factory in Williamsport. Lysiak's work has also appeared in Newsweek, the New York Daily News, Salon, and the Guardian.A former reporter for the New York Daily News, Matthew has appeared as a contributor on The Huffington Post, Today Show, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, and countless other national and local media outlets to discuss his work. Matthew lives in an old bed and breakfast in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania with his wife, Bridget, and his four daughters, Isabel, 13, Hilde, 10, Georgia, 5, and Juliet, 2. Learn more at www.matthewlysiak.com.
