Grow Great River Region

Susan Klopfer, a Hanover College graduate and journalist, moved to the Mississippi Delta in 2003 as the Emmett Till cold case was opened by the F.B.I. and the U.S. Dept. of Justice. Living on the grounds of Parchman Penitentiary where her husband was chief psychologist, a notorious compound with a difficult history, gave her a unique opportunity to take a fresh look at this civil rights ground-breaking event taking place in the Delta and to meet people who still had the region’s history fresh in their hearts and minds.

“Talking to people who were part of the modern civil rights movement, learning their stories and hearing of the injustices became a passion leading me to spend long hours researching and writing a book about Till’s murder and the Delta,” she said. Klopfer recently used her business skills to produce an e-book, audio book and print book entitled Who Killed Emmett Till?

“This book began as a blog and was driven by my passion for learning and sharing stories revolving around the Delta’s important history that could have been lost. And now ‘my book’ has turned into a small, entrepreneurial business.

Not only do I sell the book in various formats at the back of the room when I speak, it is sold online and in independent books stores (and soon on Amazon and other online stores). I have developed a strong social networking presence also allowing me to do book publishing seminars and professional book coaching. I love it, because I spend the day working at something that is meaningful to me and that helps others find the book in them, too.” Klopfer’s website is located at www.findthebookinyou.com.

Grow Henry County and Susan Klopfer will be presenting a Workshop entitled “How to Jump-Start Your Book – The Book In You”

Coming soon this Spring 2010 in Mount Pleasant (Henry County) Iowa.

*For more information, contact Susan Klopfer at Phone: 505-728-7924 E-mail: sklopfer@gmail.com
Or Sal Alaniz at Phone: 319-385-4939 E-mail: Sal@PrintGroupUSA.com

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