Speaking
Lise Olsen is available to speak about her book THE SCIENTIST AND THE SERIAL KILLER, or about CODE OF SILENCE for book stores, professional groups, classes, conferences, libraries and book clubs. email liseolseninvestigates@gmail.com to schedule an appearance or for more information.
New 2025 Events!
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| Event | Date | Location | ||||
| Book Launch Lise Olsen in conversation with Author Mimi Swartz of Texas Monthly and forensic anthropologist Dr.Sharon Derrick. Reserve your signed copy now to avoid lines! |
April 1, 2025 - 6:30 p.m. | Murder by the Book, Houston, Texas | ||||
| Book Talk On writing about murders and history in conversation with author Bill Geroux |
April 3, 2025 - 6:00 p.m. | Prince Books, Norfolk, Virginia. | ||||
| Book Talk Lise Olsen with forensic anthropologist Dr. Sharon Derrick - book talk and signing. For More Information. |
April 4, 2025 - 7:00 p.m. | Politics and Prose, Washington D.C. - Wharf Location. | ||||
| Conversation with Michelle Pitcher Lise Olsen, author of The Scientist and the Serial Killer. Olsen in conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Michelle Pitcher of the Texas Observer. For more information. |
April 9, 2025 - 7:00 p.m. | Bookpeople, Austin,Texas | ||||
| Conversation with Maggie Galehouse Lise Olsen in conversation about The Scientist and the Serial Killer with Maggie Galehouse, former book editor for the Houston Chronicle. For more information |
April 11, 2025 - 6:30 p.m. | Barnes and Noble Bookstore, Baybrook, Texas | ||||
| Book Talk Lise Olsen, book talk and signing |
April 16, 2025 - 6:00 p.m. | Wild Detectives bookstore, Dallas, Texas | ||||
| Book Talk Lise Olsen, book talk and signing |
April 24, 2025 - 6:00 p.m. | Bookworm in Omaha, Nebraska | ||||
VideosLise appears in the three-part true crime documentary series the Pillowcase Murders, debuting May 14 on Paramount plus.
The series reveals shocking details of how the thefts and murders of more than two dozen senior citizens in Dallas suburbs were downplayed or covered up and he nearly got away undetected... Lise Olsen discussed rogue federal judges with whistleblower Cathy McBroom, whose story is featured in CODE OF SILENCE, and San Antonio commentator Rick Casey - San Antonio Book Festival. Watch it on C-Span. |
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Previous Events |
Investigative Reporting Now Taught class for the UT Austin's Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. Read blog post |
September 23 - October 20, 2024 | Online Class | |||
| IRE National Conference | June 20-23, 2024 | Anaheim California | ||||
| Baytown Evening with the Author | April 17, 2024 | Sterling Municipal Library | ||||
| San Antonio Book Festival Conversation with S.C. Gwynne, author of Her Majesty's Airship. Conversation with Megan Kimble, author of City Limits. |
April 13, 2024 | |||||
| Conversation with Lise Olsen and Author Kirk Wallace Johnson about his book, The Fisherman and The Dragon | October 24, 2023 | Online | ||||
| Boerne Book Festival | October 7, 2023 | Main Plaza-Boerne | ||||
| Keynote Speaker, Annual Travis County Women's Lawyer's Association (TCWLA)/TCWLF Grants and Awards Luncheon. | April 20, 2023 | Fairmont Hotel, Austin, Texas | ||||
| How to Publish a Book Panel discussion with the Texas Ledes. |
April 19, 2023 | |||||
| Conversationalist at the 26th Annual Table Talk Luncheon Fundraiser for the Gender & Sexuality Studies program, University of Houston |
February 15, 2023 | Houston, Texas | ||||
| Federal Bar Associaion, Chicago Chapter |
February 1, 2023 | Chicago, Illinois | ||||
| In conversation with author Steve Weinberg | August 18, 2022 | Columbia, Missouri, Skylark Bookshop | ||||
| Discussion of the Non-Fiction Book Process |
July 29, 2022 | Madison, New Jersey | ||||
| Olsen in conversation with George Getschow. Deep Vellum Bookstore & Publishing Company. | July 18, 2022 | Dallas, Texas | ||||
| Speaker at the IRE Investigative Reporters & Editors conference. (CODE OF SILENCE won IRE's 2022 Book Award.) | June 23 - 27, 2022 | Denver, Colorado | ||||
| San Antonio Book Festival Lise Olsen appeared at the 10th Annual San Antonio Book Festival |
May 21, 2022 | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Texas Institute of Letters annual conference, Winner of the 2022 Texas Institute of Letters' Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction |
April 23, 2022 | El Paso, Texas. | |
| San Diego State University journalism school (via Zoom) San Diego journalists & SDSU students join Amy Schmitz Weiss and Arthur Santana for this special, free webinar with investigative journalist Lise Olsen to talk about her book - CODE OF SILENCE |
April 22, 2022 | Zoom | |
| Power up Your Prose Houston-based investigative reporter and Author Lise Olsen reads from her new book CODE OF SILENCE and continues the conversation about judges, ethics and Texas women who blew the whistle with Mimi Swartz of Texas Monthly, sponsored by Houston Public Library and Brazos Books |
March 14, 2022 | Houston Public Library, 500 McKinney St., Houston, Texas. | |
| Discussion Author Lise Olsen, originally from Lincoln, discusses her new book CODE OF SILENCE. |
December 4, 2021 | Kaneko Gallery with support from The Bookworm, Omaha, Nebraska. | |
| Panel Discussion Lise Olsen will speak about her book CODE OF SILENCE as part of a panel discussion at the 12th Annual Latin American Conference of Investigative Journalism on Thursday, Dec. 2 on how to investigate sexual harassment and abuse by the powerful from 12- 1 p.m. Central; 1-2 Eastern. Some panelists are gathering in Canelones, Uruguay, but most events can be accessed online |
December 2, 2021 | Online | |
| Book Reading and Discussion Author and investigative reporter Lise Olsen reads from her new book CODE OF SILENCE and discusses judicial ethics in the age of #metoo with Carrie Johnson, NPR's Department of Justice reporter |
November 12, 2021 | Politics and Prose, Washington, D.C. | |
| Virtual Event Lise Olsen in conversation with whistleblower Cathy McBroom and Austin-based journalist and author Megan Kimble |
November 4, 2021 | ||
| Conversation Author Lise Olsen in conversation with author and attorney Lara Bazelon - Bad Judges - Facts and Fiction |
November 2, 2021 | The Booksmith, San Francisco, California via Zoom | |
| Book Discussion Author Lise Olsen, an investigative reporter based in Texas who formerly worked on criminal justice issues in Washington, in conversation with Robert McClure, cofounder InvestigateWest. They will discuss her new book on federal judges, whistleblowers and the secret system that oversees judicial misconduct complaints |
October 19,2021 | Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle Washington - via Zoom |
Author Lise Olsen in conversation with author and attorney Lara Bazelon.
Author Lise Olsen in conversation with Robert McClure.