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Jerry Bledsoe
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Danville, Virginia[1]
Notable awardsNational Journalism Awards – Ernie Pyle Award for Human Interest Writing
1968
1970
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Jerry Bledsoe (born 1941) is an American author and journalist known for several true crime titles based on murders in his native state of North Carolina.[3]

His journalism career, which spanned over 20 years, included newspaper work in the North Carolina cities of Kannapolis, Charlotte, and Greensboro and work at Esquire magazine. Bledsoe also contributes investigative reports to the Rhinoceros Times, including a multi-part series detailing the controversies surrounding the Greensboro Police Department.

His first published book was the stock car book The World's Number One, Flat-Out, All-Time Great Stock Car Racing Book published by Doubleday in 1975. His book Bitter Blood was #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted as a television movie. Bledsoe established Down Home Press to publish books about North Carolina.

He and his wife, Linda, live in Randolph County, North Carolina.

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References

  1. ^ "Jerry Bledsoe". Penguin Random House. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Scripps-Howard Newspapers (February 6, 1971). "N.C. Newsman Receives Second Ernie Pyle Award". El Paso Herald-Post. Section B, Page 2.
  3. ^ Twitter: @larrypenkavaCT, Larry Penkava lpenkava@courier-tribune com. "Bledsoe an unlikely writer, according to memoir". The Courier-Tribune. ((cite web)): |last= has generic name (help)

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