Frank Girardot was born on January 1961 and is an American author, journalist, victim advocate, and radio host.
12 Facts About Frank Girardot
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Frank Girardot is best known for "Name Dropper" his biography of serial imposter Christian Gerhartsreiter.
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Frank Girardot is communications director for BYD Auto's North American operations, CEO of Pegasus Communications, LLC and the former editor and columnist for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
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Frank Girardot has won several writing awards, including the Southern California Press Association's award for Investigative Journalism 1995, the Los Angeles Press Club's First Place Award for sportswriting in 1998, and he was a finalist for the 2015 University of Florida Award for Investigative Data Journalism in 2015.
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Frank Girardot is the author of true crime non-fiction books, including Name Dropper, which was cited by author Walter Kirn in his book Blood Will Out.
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Frank Girardot is co-author with Burl Barer of A Taste For Murder, Betrayal in Blue with Barer and Ken Eurell and Burned, the biography of serial arsonist John Orr.
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Frank Girardot has appeared on several true crime shows on various cable networks including Investigation Discovery.
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Frank Girardot has been a frequent guest on Crime Time with Allison Hope Weiner on LipTV.
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Frank Girardot has appeared on Fox News and Dateline NBC.
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In 2015, Frank Girardot co-hosted the Randy Economy Show in Los Angeles on radio station KRLA.
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Frank Girardot has three children and is a Roman Catholic.
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Frank Girardot plays guitar in Thunderheart, a band he formed in Temecula, California, with actor Dean Norris.