Gary Kinder (author)
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Gary Kinder | |
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| Occupation | Author; lawyer; teacher / speaker; Creator and Founder of WordRake, the first editing software for professionals |
| Nationality | American |
| Subject | Sociology, true crime |
| Notable works | Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea, Victim: The Other Side of Murder |
Gary Kinder is a New York Times bestselling author, a lawyer, and an entrepreneur, who created and founded WordRake, the first editing software for professionals. He authored the true crime classic Victim: The Other Side of Murder[1] (1982), Light Years: An Investigation into the Extraterrestrial Experiences of Eduard Meier[2] (1987), and The New York Times Best Seller Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea[3] (1998).
Kinder researched his first book for seven years before publishing it.[4] Victim is based on the real characters and events of the Hi-Fi Murders that occurred on April 22, 1974, in Ogden, Utah, and has been cited by reviewers as a pioneering work, because it was one of the first true crime books to focus on the victims of a violent crime rather than on the perpetrators.[5]
Light Years: An Investigation into the Extraterrestrial Experiences of Eduard Meier — a comprehensive investigation of Billy Meier, a Swiss farmer's claims he was contacted by extraterrestrials — was first serialized in Playboy.[6] Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea addresses the story of the sidewheel steamer SS Central America, sometimes called the "Ship of Gold," which sank in 1857 during a hurricane off the Carolina coast, and in the 1980s became the object of a feverish hunt by treasure seekers.
Since 1988, Kinder has taught legal writing to lawyers and judges throughout the United States. He has worked as a consultant, delivering seminars on legal writing at law firms and corporate legal departments. Kinder has also created popular training programs for the American Bar Association.[7]
In 2012, Kinder created and founded the software company WordRake, which holds ten U.S. Patents. The company's eponymous software is an automated editing program that suggests changes to improve brevity and clarity.
