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The San Antonio Book Festival, in partnership with Texas Public Radio, proudly presents author SKIP HOLLANDSWORTH with his new book, She Kills: The Murderous Socialite, the Cross-Dressing Bank Robber, and Other True Crime Tales.
Author signing to follow with book sales provided by Nowhere Bookshop. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is recommended so that we may gauge attendance. Walk-ins are welcomed.
Please register for this free event here.
Event Details
- 6:30PM Presentation
- 7:30PM Book sales and signing
Parking Information
- Free parking at City Tower garage (60 N. Flores) for the first 150 guests.
- Select “TAKE TICKET” upon entry. Do not insert credit card.
- Bring ticket to event for validation.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Skip Hollandsworth has been covering true crime since long before the podcasts, networks, and television shows discovered it. Raised in Texas, the revered journalist joined Texas Monthly in 1989, and the stories he has written over three-plus decades have helped define a locale and a culture.
Curated by Hollandsworth, She Kills brings together beloved stories that focus in particular on female perpetrators—from the high schooler who was so desperate to move back in with Mom that she had no choice but to poison her father’s refried beans, to the wallflower nurse in small-town Texas who one day started killing off her patients, to the lovelorn dental hygienist who ordered a hit on her rival.
These are expertly crafted tales that will stop readers in their tracks and leave them gasping with shock and pleasure. Each story is updated by Hollandsworth, who provides background on his original storytelling and new information on the perpetrators and victims, where available.
She Kills is a jaw-dropping, addictively readable compendium of women whose often sensational crimes and circumstances put them on the wrong side of the law.
She Kills is illustrated with 44 black-and-white photos throughout.
Skip Hollandsworth is an award-winning journalist, a screenwriter, and an executive editor of Texas Monthly.
He has won a National Magazine Award for feature writing, and his 2016 book, The Midnight Assassin, was a New York Times bestseller.
He also co-wrote the acclaimed screenplay Bernie with director Richard Linklater. The film was based on Hollandsworth’s 1998 Texas Monthly article “Midnight in the Garden of East Texas.” Linklater recently adapted Hollandsworth’s Texas Monthly article “Hit Man” for a 2024 feature film with Glen Powell.
Hollandsworth lives in Texas, where he and his wife raised two children.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
David Martin Davies is a veteran journalist with more than 30 years of experience covering Texas, the border, and Mexico.
Davies is the host of “The Source,” an hour-long live call-in news program. Since 1999 he has been the host and producer of “Texas Matters,” a weekly radio news magazine and podcast that looks at the issues, events and people in the Lone Star State.
Davies’ reporting has been featured on National Public Radio, American Public Media’s “Marketplace” and the BBC. He has been recognized with numerous awards, including a National Edward R. Murrow Award.
Please register for this free event here.
This event is free. Registration is recommended so that we may gauge attendance. Walk-ins are welcomed. Please consider a donation, so that we can continue to offer free and low-cost programs throughout the year.
