Patrick Radden Keefe on Writing

Raddon Keefe traces the roots of the opioid crises through the Sackler family, whose Purdue Pharma pharmaceuticals empire made Oxycontin the top selling pain pill. While other journalists have written on the topic, Radden Keefe’s timing was ideal: thousands of court documents had recently become public. On top of that, the author interviewed more than 200 people to piece together the family’s devastating legacy. In this video, he explains the miracle of pulling it all together.

Meet the Author in Calgary

Get tickets to see Patrick Radden Keefe’s Wordfest show on June 16, 2026! Non-fiction fans, this one’s for you. We’ve wanted to entice Patrick Radden Keefe (Say Nothing, Empire of Pain) to Calgary for years. And our time has come: The New Yorkers master of investigative narrative has added a Calgary stop on the world tour for his highly-anticipated new book, London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth.

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