Liz asked Dave Cullen:

Hi Dave! -I am unsure when Soldiers First is set to come out. Some places say 2022 and some say 2020. -What did you think of Sue Klebold's book? I am halfway through it now, really enjoying it, but curious of your opinion. -Why, in your opinion, do you think the Harris family has never spoken publicly? They are of course welcome to their privacy but wanted your researched opinion.

Dave Cullen Hi, thanks for asking about Soldiers First. I'm still working on it, so it will probably be a year after I finish writing. I'm shooting to finish by summer of 2021, but lots of things at play. The Parkland situation and unexpected book interrupted my work, along with a few other things I can't talk about quite yet.

I started Sue's book, but had PTSD issues pop up (for various reasons--a bad time), and had to stop. I plan to go back to it. I helped her fact-check the short section on the murders, and really admired her approach.

Some people are private, and the Harris family clearly so. All reports I get are they are both introverts (along with Tom Klebold, who did not want to be part of Sue's book. Sue is actually the outlier--the only 1 of the 4 who did speak--and after well over a decade. And she is actually a rarity among parents of mass killers. So the question is more why she did. And as she makes clear in the book and interviews, she wanted to help other parents in that situation, and warn them.)

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