Back Story and Subplots with Eric Dezenhall

In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with Eric Dezenhall, the author of seven novels and four non-fiction books, many dealing with media-driven scandals, about back story and subplots.

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Eric is the CEO of Dezenhall Resources, Ltd., one of the nation’s first crisis management firms. He lives near Washington, D.C., with his family, some being alpacas. Eric has written for publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.

His three non-fiction texts on crisis communications and corporate witch hunts, entitled Damage Control: How to Get the Upper Hand When Your Business is Under Attack (Portfolio, 2007), Nail ‘Em! Confronting High Profile Attacks on Celebrities and Businesses (Prometheus Books, 1999), and Glass Jaw: A Manifesto for Defending Fragile Reputations in an Age of Instant Scandal (Hachette, 2014), which explores how once-powerful people, organizations and brands are easily brought down by the seemingly powerless through the media and internet that feed almost exclusively on destructive information.