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Carla Conti

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Carla Conti is a former journalist and author of the award-winning true crime memoir CHAINED BIRDS: A CRIMEMOIR, a prison abuse exposé about justice and survival in federal prison. It took her ten years to write as she balanced the safety of the story participants (including herself) in this tell-all thriller of prison gang hit orders and corrupt officials.

CHAINED BIRDS has won multiple 2025 indie book awards, including 1st Place in True Crime from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Winner in True Crime from the Indie Reader Discovery Awards, Silver in True Crime from the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), and a 1st Place Nellie Bly Journalism award from the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

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Chained Birds: A Crimemoir

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🎙️Chained Birds Mini-Documentary Begins with a Chilling Video 🎬

An Invitation From Across the Pond

When UK true crime podcaster Tom Clarke of Caught Up In Crime reached out to interview me about Chained Birds, I said yes immediately. Tom has a gift for getting to the heart of a story, and we took a deep dive into how I gained access to a whistleblower inside one of America’s most notorious federal prisons.

Tom’s brilliant documentary-style episode, “The Snowball

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Carla Conti wrote a new blog post 🎙️Chained Birds Mini-Documentary Begins with a Chilling Video 🎬 An Invitation From Across the PondWhen UK true crime podcaster Tom Clarke of Caught Up In Crime reached out to interview me about Chained Birds, I sai Read more of this blog post »
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Carla Conti is now following Carla Conti Author of CHAINED BIRDS: A True Crime Memoir
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Carla Conti liked Tara's review of Chained Birds: A Crimemoir: "Chained Birds: A Crimemoir by Carla Conti delivers a gripping, high-stakes blend of investigative journalism and personal memoir. The narrative pulls readers deep into the realities of prison violence, systemic failure, and the emotional cost of advo" Read more of this review »
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Carla Conti liked Erin's review of Chained Birds: A Crimemoir: "I have read a fair share of true crime books but I have never read one quite like this. Conti was right in calling this a Crimemoir. It isn't just about her decade long fight to get Kevin Sanders free and safe from a failing and brutal system, it is " Read more of this review »
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Carla Conti is now following Erin Quill Author of Crow Calls: Volume One (The Crow Calls Volumes #1)
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Carla Conti made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Requesting help updating book edition - dashboard giving me errors topic " Hello lovely librarian volunteers ... I seem unable to update my book details to the 3rd edition, although in typing this message, my current edition ...more "
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