Brian Lee KnoppBrian Lee Knopp is a retired private investigator who provided legal support investigations to civil and criminal attorneys for over thirty years. A graduate of the John E. Reid Technique, the country's preeminent interview and interrogation program,Knopp held state certifications as both a capital case investigator and sentence mitigation specialist. He wrote the 2009 best-selling memoir Mayhem in Mayberry: Misadventures of a P.I. in Southern Appalachia (Cosmic Pigbite Press). He also created and contributed to the collaborative novel Naked Came the Leaf Peeper (Burning Bush Press 2011). His 2017 personal essay detailing the August 6, 1981 takeover of central Florida's largest rock radio station by the Ida Lupino Liberation Organization (ILLO)-Dreams I'm Never Gonna See: The Takeover of WDIZ Rock 100. A True Story-is available on Amazon Kindle. A former professional sheep shearer with an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin, Knopp taught composition at Warren Wilson College and nonfiction writing for The Great Smokies Writing Program at UNC-Asheville. His nonfiction work has appeared in Stoneboat Journal, WNC Magazine, Now & Then, and The Great Smokies Review. His book reviews, essays, and poems have been published in several regional magazines and anthologies. He lives somewhere in the mountains near Asheville with his own pittie, Odin. Read More Read Less