‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: From bestseller to Oscar nominee
In ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, bestselling author David Grann dives into the true story behind one of the greatest conspiracies in American History.
Bookworms will be happy to hear that the Oscar-nominated film Killers of the Flower Moon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese, is actually based on a book of the same name. In it, award-winning author David Grann cleverly unpacks the complex investigation around the mass killing of the Osage Indians in 1920’s America.
Based on years of research and startling new evidence, this masterpiece of narrative non-fiction details an investigation full of sinister secrets and twists. Killers of the Flower Moon is an utterly compelling and emotionally devastating story of greed, betrayal and injustice that still resonates today.
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NARRATIVE MEETS NON-FICTION IN ‘KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON’
David Grann is the author of #1 New York Times bestsellers Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z.
He is also the author of The White Darkness and the collection The Devil and Sherlock Holmes. Grann’s storytelling has garnered several honors, including a George Polk Award and an Edgar Allen Poe Award. He lives with his wife and children in New York.
Killers of the Flower Moon is published by Simon and Schuster and is available for purchase from Exclusive Books stores for R260.