Geri Spieler

Geri Spieler a journalist and investigative reporter. She has written for the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Forbes and as a Research Director for Gartner, a global technology advising company and currently is was a regular contributor to Truthdig.com, an award-winning investigative reporting website. She has written and published two books, San Francisco Values: Common Ground For Getting American Back on Track, Taking Aim at the President, The Remarkable Story of the Woman Who Shot at Gerald Ford, has been optioned for a movie. Current she is working on her third of historical fiction about her grandmother who escaped Russian pogroms at the turn of the century. Her books have won numerous awards for public speaking and has spoken at many business and writers’ conferences. Geri is a past president of the California Writers Club, member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Authors Guild, Women’s National Book Association, the Internet Society, and Book Critics Circle.