Doug Blackmon Wins Pulitzer

4/20/09 Rarely does news give me chills, but today I learned that my friend Doug Blackmon won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Slavery By Another Name.

Doug is the Atlanta Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal. I have known him for more than 10 years since he wrote a page one story about a then-significantly sized Ponzi scheme. My client was the hero. Since then, he has shot down more of my story ideas than I can count, but we have become friends.

I can proudly tell you that I bought the first copy of Slavery By Another Name on pre-order on Amazon.com, nearly a year before it was published.

I'm so proud of Doug for many reasons, including the fact that his book took more than seven years to write and was an incredible labor of love for him. Link to story on the win: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124025539983336083.html

And if you want to buy a copy: http://tinyurl.com/cehgyy.

--John