Speaking
Lise Olsen continues to speak about her book Code of Silence for professional groups, classes, conferences, libraries and book clubs in 2024 .Events for her new book, the Scientist and the Serial Killer, begin in April 2025. email liseolseninvestigates@gmail.com to schedule her for your organization.
Lise 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 at the San Antonio Book Festival. Watch it on C-Span. 
Author Lise Olsen in conversation with author and attorney Lara Bazelon - Bad Judges - Facts and Fiction.
Events
| Event | Date | Location | ||
| IRE National Conference | June 20-23, 2024 | Anaheim California | ||
| Investigative Reporters and Editors training conference. Click here for more information. | ||||
| Baytown Evening with the Author | April 17, 2024 | Sterling Municipal Library | ||
| Conversation over a slice of pie with Lise Olsen, Senior Investigative Reporter and Author of Code of Silence (2021) and the forthcoming book, The Scientist and the Serial Killer! (2025) | ||||
| San Antonio Book Festival | Saturday, April 13, 2024 | Festival Marketplace | ||
| Conversation with S.C. Gwynne, author of Her Majesty's Airship. | ||||
| Conversation with Megan Kimble, author of the new book City Limits. Signed copies of City Limits (and of Code of Silence) will be available. | ||||
| Investigative Reporters and Editors training conference. Click here for more information. | ||||
Appearances
Legal Groups
Event: Annual TCWLA/TCWLF Grants and Awards Luncheon
Date and Time: Thursday April 20, 2023
Location: Fairmont Hotel in downtown Austin
Description: Lise Olsen will be this year's keynote speaker.
Event: Federal Bar Association, Chicago Chapter
Date and Time: February 1, 2023
Description: Featured speaker, Sexual Misconduct in the Federal Judiciary
Universities
Event: Conversationalist at the 26th Annual Table Talk Luncheon
Gender & Sexuality Studies program at the University of Houston.
Date and Time: February 15
Location: Hilton Americas, Houston
Event: Discussion of the Non-Fiction Book ProcessDate and Time: July 29, 2022
Description: A discussion of the #nonfiction book process with author Rene Steinke during alumni days of FDU MFA - Creative Writing's residency in Madison, New Jersey July 29. (FDU alums/students only).
Event:Texas Institute of Letters annual conference, El Paso, Texas
Date and Time: Saturday, April 23, 2022
Description: Winner of the 2022 Texas Institute of Letters' Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction.
Event: San Diego State University journalism school (via Zoom)
Date and Time: Friday, April 22, 2022
Description: Attention 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. ! It's going to be a great discussion!
Event: A Conversation With Lise Olsen
Location: UTEP's Bloomberg Auditorium
Date and Time: Thursday, March 10
Description: Lise Olsen in conversation with Alfredo Corchado at UTEP's Bloomberg Auditorium .Hosted by NAHJ Student Chapter.
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Indy Stores, Festivals, and Libraries
Event: Boerne Book Festival.
Date and Time: Saturday, October 7
Location: Main Plaza-Boerne
Description: Booksigning, Writers League of Texas booth.
Event: AccessFest - IRE's annual virtual-by-design conference.
Date and Time: Thursday, October 12, 2023
Description: The two-and-a-half-day event will take place online.
Event: Online book talk - a conversation with Lise Olsen and Author Kirk Wallace Johnson about his book, THE FISHERMEN AND THE DRAGON - coming in October via the Harris County Library.
Date and Time: Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Description: Live Virtual Author talk with 2023 Gulf Coast Reads author Kirk Wallace Johnson in conversation with Lise Olsen.
Event: How to Publish a Book, Panel discussion with the Texas Ledes, Austin women journalists' group - Private Event.
Date and Time: Wednesday April 19, 2023
Location: Fairmont Hotel in downtown Austin
Description: Panel discussion at the Texas Book Festival in November organized by Texas Institute of Letters president and author Diana Lopez.
Event: Conversation With Steve Weinberg
Date and Time: August 18, 2022
Description: In conversation with author Steve Weinberg in Columbia, Missouri Skylark Bookshop.
Event: Book Blog Tour
Date and Time: August 3 - 12, 2022
Description: Lone Star Literary Life is hosting a Book Blog Tour for CODE OF SILENCE August 3-12 to celebrate the upcoming paperback release!
Event: Conversation
Date and Time: July 18, 2022
Description: Olsen in conversation with George Getschow of Texas Institute of Letters at Deep Vellum Books, (COS won TIl's nonfiction book award).
Signed books are still available at the store at 3000 Commerce Street: (469) 781-4881 or visit their website at Deep Vellum Books. Get them while they're hot
Date: June 23 - 27
Description: Lise Olsen spoke and signed books at the Investigative Reporters & Editors conference in Colorado June 23-27. (Code of Silence won IRE's 2022 Book Award.)
Event: San Antonio Book Festival
Date and Time: Saturday, May 21, 2022
Event: Texas Institute of Letters annual conference, El Paso, Texas
Date and Time: Saturday, April 23, 2022
Description: Winner of the 2022 Texas Institute of Letters' Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction.
Event: Power up Your Prose
Date and Time: Monday, March 14, 2022
Description: Six week workshop via Inprint begins Monday, March 14!
Event: Book Discussion
Location: Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle Washington - via Zoom
Date and Time: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Description: 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.
Click here to view the event live on Facebook
Event:Conversation
Location: The Booksmith, San Francisco, California via Zoom
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Description: Author Lise Olsen in conversation with author and attorney Lara Bazelon - Bad Judges - Facts and Fiction.
Location: Event: Virtual Event
Bookwoman in Austin
Date and Time: Thursday, November 4, 2021
Description: Lise Olsen in conversation with whistleblower Cathy McBroom and Austin-based journalist and author Megan Kimble
Event: Book Reading and Discussion
Location: Politics and Prose, Washington, D.C.
Date and Time: Friday, November 12, 2021
Description: 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.
Event: Lise Olsen will speak about her book CODE OF SILENCE
Date: Thursday, December 2, 2021
Description: 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.
Event: Lise Olsen Discusses Her New Book - Code of Silence
Location: Kaneko Gallery with support from The Bookworm, Omaha, Nebraska
Date and Time: Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 3:00 PM.
Description: Author Lise Olsen, originally from Lincoln, discusses her new book Code of Silence at a live event.
Event: Book Signing on Galveston Island!
Location: Proletariat Gallery (2221 Market St. in the Strand)
Date and Time: Sunday, January 16th, 3 - 6PM.
Description: Lise Olsen and whistleblower Donna Wilkerson on Sunday, January 16 at the Proletariat Gallery (2221 Market St. in the Strand) for personalized signings of CODE OF SILENCE and a reception from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Beginning in mid-January signed copies of Code of Silence will be available at Galveston Bookshop, http://galvestonbookshop.com.
