Douglas Perry and THE GIRLS OF MURDER CITY: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago.

 Host Kathleen Stephenson interviews Portland writer and editor Douglas Perry about his new book, THE GIRLS OF MURDER CITY: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago. The book is a history that simultaneously presents the freewheeling spirit of the age and its sober repercussions.

DOUGLAS PERRY is an award-winning writer and editor whose work has appeared in theChicago Tribune, The San Jose Mercury News, Details, and The Oregonian. He is the online features editor at TheOregonian and the co-author of The Sixteenth Minute: Life in the Aftermath of Fame.