chris sweeney
@cbsweeney
Author of “The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne,” coming July 22, 2025 from @AvidReaderPress.
Tonight in Providence!!! Come learn about the incredible life and work of forensic ornithologist Roxie Laybourne. #birds #books
Had too much fun telling @nprscottsimon about the time I spilled a bunch of murder feathers on my lap while going through Roxie Laybourne’s archives. Head over to his substack to hear about it: open.substack.com/pub/scottsimon…
Our Open Book w/ @cbsweeney on his amazing THE FEATHER DETECTIVE, on Roxie Laybourne. 6:15 pm et / 3:15 pm pt live on @SubstackInc and RT'd here.
Happy pub day to THE FEATHER DETECTIVE 🪶 It’s time for the world to meet Roxie Laybourne! In this riveting biography, award-winning journalist @cbsweeney delivers a moving portrait of the first forensic ornithologist, who also happens to be an ambitious, quirky woman that…
This was so much fun. From feathers recovered from a 1975 murder scene that fell on my lap to how Roxie’s style influenced Bong Joon Ho and Tilda Swinton. (ps The Feather Detective is out today, plz order it!)
True crime meets ornithology in the story of Roxie Laybourne, the world’s first forensic ornithologist. See six objects that encapsulate her groundbreaking career—uncovered during research for a new biography, out today. audubon.org/magazine/feath…
This Thursday in Providence. Come hang!
Psyched for this. Next Thursday in Providence at one of the coolest book shops. If you’re in the area, come and have a hang. It’ll be fun! #birds #providence
While reporting out my book on Roxie Laybourne, I shadowed the guy at #Boston Logan whose job is to keep birds out of flight paths. Excited to see it in The Guardian today and still thinking about how much it must hurt to get bit by an otter theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j… #AviationNews
Horrible. Bird strike kills 54-year-old helicopter passenger in Australia msn.com/en-au/news/aus…
Wow. Such a pleasure to talk about Roxie Laybourne and The Feather Detective with @nprscottsimon for @NPRWeekend. Have a listen 🎧🎧 npr.org/2025/07/19/nx-… #birds #books
Ahead: @JBarney with Ben Folds on his new album. Then, the extraordinary story of THE FEATHER DETECTIVE, Roxie Laybourne. And then Lawd Ito and his Tiny Desk Contest entry.
The blurbing process is pretty painful for many authors, self included. But it also allowed me to reconnect with the great Amy Stewart. So grateful she took the time to do this Q&A with me about The Feather Detective: amystewart.substack.com/p/the-feather-… #BooksWorthReading #Birds
Psyched for this. Next Thursday in Providence at one of the coolest book shops. If you’re in the area, come and have a hang. It’ll be fun! #birds #providence
“Sweeney’s simple, elegant writing makes the technicalities of Laybourne’s work easy to understand and the sexism she dealt with infuriating…It also captures what a vivid, contradictory character she was” *Incredible* review of The Feather Detective! 👇☺️
'The Feather Detective' caught murderers, solved plane crashes startribune.com/the-feather-de…
Love to see it. @BNBuzz is offering 25% off preorders of The Feather Detective. Please consider preordering if you’re into nonfiction, birds, true crime, and aviation disasters. barnesandnoble.com/w/the-feather-…
Thrilled to see The Feather Detective on this!!! Three weeks until pub day😎😍😳🥹😵💫😳😎😎😎
10 books to read in July latimes.com/entertainment-…
Love this!!! The stylish and smart folks at @ELLEmagazine put The Feather Detective on their best books of summer list, alongside what look to be a bunch of other great reads. Coming July 22 via @AvidReaderPress. 😎🪶🦩 elle.com/culture/books/…
She was a quiet bird expert. Then she was called to investigate a murder in Maine. How a mild-mannered scientist named Roxie Laybourne created the field of forensic ornithology. trib.al/mRHUXFu
What a lovel obit. "After an F5 tornado devastated parts of the region on May 3, 1999, there were survivors who painted the sides of their destroyed homes with messages like: “Thanks Gary England For Getting Us Out Alive.” wsj.com/us-news/climat…
