Captured!: Inside the World of Celebrity Trials

by Mona Shafer Edwards and Jody Handley

Michael Jackson. McMartin Preschool. Heidi Fleiss. Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez. The Menendez Brothers. Robert Blake. Courtney Love. Winona Ryder. Rodney King. O.J. Name a high-profile trial over the past 25 years and Mona Shafer Edwards was most likely seated in the courtroom with her markers, pens, and large pad of vellum paper, illustrating the proceedings. Edwards' courtroom illustrations are beautiful pieces of art that capture the most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595800115
• ISBN13: 9781595800114
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Santa Monica Press
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Eye Candy But Lacks Info for the Artist

I love the author's style. This is just what I aspire to: quick, spontaneous sketches, with loose color. The book is full of these drawings from years of celebrity trials with accompanying text discussing the authors experience at each preceeding The problem for me personally is I could care less about the celebrities or their troubles. I don't even know half of the people mentioned. What I was hoping for was more info on the author's art techniques and materials used. She provides only a short chapter at the beginning and even that lacks any real information. This is great eye candy and inspiration. If you like celebrity watching and real life drama, you'll love this book.

A Must-Read

Exquisitely drawn and beautifully written, "Captured" is a page-turning must-read for all courtroom-watchers, celebrity-followers, newshounds, art students, legal eagles and water cooler gabbers. Brava, Mona. John Robert Lafleur