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Carla Conti

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Carla Conti is a former journalist and author of the award-winning true crime memoir CHAINED BIRDS: A CRIMEMOIR, a prison abuse exposé about justice and survival in federal prison. It took her ten years to write as she balanced the safety of the story participants (including herself) in this tell-all thriller of prison gang hit orders and corrupt officials.

CHAINED BIRDS has won multiple 2025 indie book awards, including 1st Place in True Crime from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Winner in True Crime from the Indie Reader Discovery Awards, Silver in True Crime from the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), and a 1st Place Nellie Bly Journalism award from the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

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Chained Birds: A Crimemoir

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Thank You, Around Ambler (And a Little More Good News)

I already gushed about this in my last post, but I wanted to give Around Ambler its own proper spotlight, because a feature like this doesn’t come along every day

If you missed it: Around Ambler, my local news site covering Ambler, Blue Bell, Fort Washington, Maple Glen, and Lower Gwynedd, ran a feature on THE JACKLIGHTER and the 50-year true crime cold case. It’s still making the rounds in their

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Carla Conti wrote a new blog post Thank You, Around Ambler (And a Little More Good News) I already gushed about this in my last post, but I wanted to give Around Ambler its own proper spotlight, because a feature like this doesn’t come alo Read more of this blog post »
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Carla Conti liked MICHEAL DOANE's review of Chained Birds: A Crimemoir: "Chained Birds: A Crimemoir by Carla Conti is a true crime memoir that blends investigative journalism with lived experience inside the U.S. federal prison system. Structured as both a personal narrative and an exposé, the book documents the author’s " Read more of this review »
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