Jessica Speart Biography

Jessica Speart is the author of the highly acclaimed narrative nonfiction book Winged Obsession: The Pursuit of the World's Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler (William Morrow) an Indie Next pick which has been featured on the CBS News Blog CBS Weekend Roundup National Geographic Weekend the Huffington Post The New York Post and NPR. Winged Obsession brings to light the story of Yoshi Kojima a one-man environmental wrecking ball in the cutthroat world of butterfly smuggling. The case agent Ed Newcomer worked his way in with Kojima by posing as a young mentor eager to learn the trade but blew the case twice through his inexperience and Kojima's keen sense of survival paired with overwhelming paranoia. Kojima was ultimately undone in a tale of greed obsession and sexual temptation. Caught and sentenced to two years in California City prison Kojima was deported from the U.S. upon his release in 2008. Working undercover as she researched the book Speart describes in Winged Obsession how she befriended Kojima and then had to deal with the guilt resulting from her intention to betray him.

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