https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316 Author Steve Sheinkin creates cinematic works of non-fiction. en-us 2023-05-25 21:08:18 UTC 2023-05-30 20:52:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606249179 Learn more about all the other books Steve has written. ]]> 2023-05-26 14:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606249179 magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606255341 Espionage! Jello Boxes! Uranium!

From midnight parachute drops in Germany to secret explosions in the desert, Sheinkin traces the story of the atomic bomb. Scientists, politicians, army personnel, and spies weave through this history that asks – how would you feel if you could destroy the world?

Want to check it out? ]]> 2023-05-26 14:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606255341 magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606267039 "I tried lots of conventional outlining techniques, but things kept getting muddled. The notes spread over many pages and I couldn’t see it—I literally couldn’t see the story."]]> 2023-05-26 14:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606267039 magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606314821 Read that comic.]]> 2023-05-26 15:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606314821 magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606318677 Find your favorite author's episode here. ]]> 2023-05-26 15:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606318677 magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606327982 It's true. ]]> 2023-05-26 15:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606327982 magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606336053 "It's like a puzzle, but you get to decide how it fits together." ]]> 2023-05-26 15:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606336053 magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606351355 "I start with a mystery—people I don’t know enough about to describe, a story I don’t know enough about to write. From there, I search for clues. The journey begins with books and usually in libraries."]]> 2023-05-26 16:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606351355 magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606356223 "I would say the main responsibility is accuracy. Everyone has a point of view, and I don’t try to hide mine, but I try to present the story accurately, and in such a way that readers can take different views on who is right and wrong."]]> 2023-05-26 16:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606356223 magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606372055 2023-05-26 16:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606372055 chaycefloyd https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606372336
This true story opens with an intriguing history on this issue of counterfeit money in the late 1800s. We then move into one man’s plan to steal Abraham Lincoln’s coffin, as the Secret Service works to stop the criminals in action. The thrilling story keeps readers on their toes as we wonder whether the patchwork group of criminals will get away with their revenge scheme or if the agents can catch them in time.]]> 2023-05-26 16:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606372336 chaycefloyd https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606374448 Sheinkin was a finalist in 2012, 2014, and 2015!]]> 2023-05-26 16:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606374448 chaycefloyd https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606376724 2012 - The Notorious Benedict Arnold
2016 - Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War ]]> 2023-05-26 16:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606376724 chaycefloyd https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606378169 The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights won in 2014]]> 2023-05-26 16:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2606378169 https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607306481 When Daniel Ellsberg took a job working for the government, he did not know that he would immediately become privy to government secrets regarding the beginning, and continuation, of the Vietnam War, secrets that he soon decided did not need to remain secret any longer. When Ellsberg decides to blow the whistle on Vietnam secrets, it becomes a race between newspapers, Ellsberg, the CIA, and President Richard Nixon to see who comes out on top - and who ends up in prison.

Want to check it out? ]]> 2023-05-28 19:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607306481 https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607308032 Graduated from Syracuse University]]> 2023-05-28 19:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607308032 https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607308193 Made a feature film called, More Perfect Union, with his brother]]> 2023-05-28 19:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607308193 https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607308308 Published his first book]]> 2023-05-28 19:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607308308 https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607308364 Published his first graphic novel, The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey]]> 2023-05-28 19:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607308364 https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607308415 Stopped writing textbooks]]> 2023-05-28 19:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607308415 https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607308502 Won the Margaret A. Edwards Award]]> 2023-05-28 19:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607308502 https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607311945 Lives in Saratoga Springs, NY with his wife and two children]]> 2023-05-28 20:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2607311945 magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2608210321 From the Robert S. Sibert Acceptance Speech for Bomb: The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon]]> 2023-05-29 21:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2608210321 magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2608880774 See the trailer for one. ]]> 2023-05-30 08:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2608880774 magsonthemoon https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2608888677 Watch it here. ]]> 2023-05-30 08:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/magsonthemoon/p34ryjhg0r79m316/wish/2608888677