Author of Book for Basis of 'People vs OJ Simpson' Coming to Naperville

NAPERVILLE, IL — Jeffrey Toobin, author of “The Run of His Life,” the basis for the hit FX show “The People vs. OJ Simpson,” will be coming to Naperville.

While Toobin won’t be discussing OJ, he will be talking about Patty Hearst, who was kidnapped by a ragtag group of self-styled revolutionaries calling itself the Symbionese Liberation Army.

The incredible story of Patty Hearst’s 1974 kidnapping is stranger than fiction, and all the astonishing details are revealed in Jeffrey Toobin’s new book, American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst. Toobin, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, legal analyst for CNN, and bestselling author, explores the exploits of Hearst’s adventure and its place in American culture.

Toobin will discuss his new book at a special Anderson’s Bookshop event on Monday evening, August 15 at 7 p.m. This program will take place at Meiley-Swallow Hall, 31 S. Ellsworth, on the campus of North Central College, in Naperville. Former Federal Prosecutor Dan Purdom, an attorney with the Chicago-based firm, Hinshaw & Culbertson, will serve as the event moderator.

Tickets are available with the purchase of the author’s featured book at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., in Naperville. Customers can also visit www.andersonsbookshop.com to secure their book and admission ticket.