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Wayne Klatt
Growing up in Chicago, Wayne Klatt was intrigued by the Streeter legend and awed by the buildings and beaches along Lake Shore Drive. After graduating from the University of Illino...view moreGrowing up in Chicago, Wayne Klatt was intrigued by the Streeter legend and awed by the buildings and beaches along Lake Shore Drive. After graduating from the University of Illinois with a communications degree, he worked as a reporter and then editor at the City News Bureau of Chicago/City News Service until its closing in 2005. He won the Nit & Wit magazine short fiction award and a Paul Harvey award for radio drama writing. He and Gera-Lind Kolarik wrote the true-crime books Freed to Kill and I Am Cain, as well as articles for First Woman and Ladies Home Journal. On his own, he has written articles for the Chicago Tribune, Catholic Digest, Nostalgia Digest and Antiques & Collectibles, as well as the book Chicago Journalism: A History.view less