Kennedy's Secret Service Agents Interviewed by Daily Herald

The Daily Herald recently interviewed former Secret Service agents Gerald Blaine and Clint Hill, co-authors of "The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence," as they toured to promote the book. In the article Blaine talks about what motivated him to co-author the book and Hill tells an abbreviated version of the day's events. Read the article.

Challenge to our fans/readers: Blaine and Clint Hill, his co-author, drew 200 people to their signing in Naperville, Illinois. Help us draw an even bigger crowd! Tell people about their upcoming appearance at the festival!

GBF Featured Author James Swanson Signs New Book Deal

According to the Reliable Source column in the Washington Post, featured author James Swanson ("Bloody Crimes" and "Manhunt") signed a deal with the William Morrow imprint of HarperCollins for a book on JFK's killing. The book is due out fall 2013.

That leaves us wondering two things. One, will he be looking to connect with our other GBF featured authors -- Gerald Blaine and Clint Hill -- who chronicled their first-hand accounts of the assassination in "The Kennedy Detail"? And second, should we sign him up now for GBF 2014?