Drawn Testimony, Jane Rosenberg
Drawn Testimony, Jane Rosenberg
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Drawn Testimony
My Four Decades as a Courtroom Sketch Artist

Author: Jane Rosenberg

Narrator: Gabra Zackman

Unabridged: 6 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/13/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

From America’s top courtroom sketch artist, a penetrating, compulsively readable memoir about her dramatic four-decade career

“A mesmerizing look at this rarest of professions…”–Bookpage STARRED review
"Readers will be hard-pressed to put this down.”—Publishers Weekly STARRED review
"Rosenberg’s fascinating debut offers a front row seat to some of the most high-profile criminal cases of the last four decades."—Library Journal STARRED review
"Perceptive, compassionate, and endlessly fascinated by how the human condition is revealed in the courtroom, Rosenberg tells riveting and resonant tales in image and word."—Booklist STARRED review

For over forty years, Jane Rosenberg has been at the heart of the news cycle, covering almost every major trial that has passed through the New York justice system as a courtroom sketch artist, including the most recent Donald Trump hush money trial.

In Drawn Testimony, Rosenberg brings us into the dramatic high-stakes world of her craft, where art, psychology and courtroom drama collide. Over the course of her legendary career, Jane has had a front-row seat to some of the most iconic and notorious moments in our nation’s recent history, including cases pertaining to:
• Mick Jagger
• Martha Stewart
• Tom Brady's "Deflategate" scandal
• John Lennon’s murder trial 
• Ghislaine Maxwell
• John Gotti
• Harvey Weinstein
• The Boston Marathon bomber
• Donald Trump

Readers will learn how she has honed her unique powers of perception and also what her portraits reveal, not only about her subjects, but about the human condition in general.

Fearless, fascinating and gorgeously written, Drawn Testimony captures the unique career of an artist whose body of work depicts history as it’s happening.

About Jane Rosenberg

Jane Rosenberg received a degree in fine art from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She became a courtroom artist for major television stations and newspapers covering trials such as John Gotti, Susan Smith, Woody Allen, the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Trial, Michael Skakel, Martha Stewart, WorldCom, and most recently, Donald Trump's arraignment.  Her work is seen in collections throughout the US and abroad.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Peacegal on September 09, 2024

Courtroom sketch artists have a front-row seat to some of the greatest dramas of human existence, and Jane Rosenberg is no exception. She has drawn courtroom sketches for some of the biggest and most infamous cases over the past forty years. DRAWN TESTIMONY is fast-paced, succinct, and engaging, and......more

Goodreads review by June on September 12, 2024

She draws and writes well, from Trump to Cartel; Let beholders tell, what photos can't sell.......more

Goodreads review by Kendra on February 23, 2024

A fascinating peek into the courtroom for many infamous cases that spark memories in many of us. The difference in this author’s experience is she sat front row with pastels and paper! Full of deep dives into criminals, celebrities, and victims including intriguing and impressive drawings! If you’re......more

Goodreads review by Dayna on September 22, 2023

I finished this in one sitting and just like the court cases she's covered, I couldn't take my eyes off of it!......more

Goodreads review by Sar on March 12, 2025

I loved this!!......more