On the eve of the publication of what would become one of his best-known books, The Devil in the White City—a story about the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death—ERIK LARSON was utterly convinced that his career was over. In this talk, he will take us back to that time in his writing life and share with us what happened.