Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads Choice Awards – Nonfiction | 2009 | Winner |
About This Book
The definitive account of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting and its aftermath, based on ten years of reporting. Dave Cullen dismantles the myths surrounding the attack—including the 'loner' and 'trenchcoat mafia' narratives—and presents a meticulously researched reconstruction of the killers' psychology, the day of the attack, the community's trauma, and the long process of recovery.
About the Author
Dave Cullen is an American journalist and author best known for Columbine (2009), widely regarded as the definitive account of the 1999 school shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Cullen covered the shooting as a journalist beginning the day it occurred and spent ten years reporting, investigating, and interviewing survivors, families, law enforcement, and mental health experts before publishing his landmark book. Columbine won the Goodreads Choice Award for Nonfiction in 2009, the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, and numerous other prizes. Read more →
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