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7 Questions with Baltimore Writer Chris Formant on His New Book ‘Saving Washington’
July 7, 2019
Another riveting read to add to the collection of powerful books on America’s beginnings is local writer Chris Formant’s newest historical-fiction novel, “Saving Washington: The Forgotten Story of the Maryland 400 and the Battle of Brooklyn.”
Based on a lesser-known historical event, Formant tells the story of a group of Maryland soldiers who — on August 27, 1776 — fought a heroic battle against elite British forces on the streets of Brooklyn. This act of bravery helped preserve enough time for General George Washington and the continental army to escape, thus helping bring an end to the revolution.
Formant says this battle was “the suicide mission that saved America.”
Below, we asked Formant to share with us some insight into his writing process as well what inspired him to write this great American story.
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About Chris
From his early “garage band’ days, to a seat on the Board of Trustees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Chris Formant has been a student of rock and roll his whole life.
As an executive in a leading global company, running a multi-billion dollar business, Formant is the unlikeliest of authors of a murder mystery. But the continued unanswered questions surrounding the deaths of our most iconic rock legends led Formant to first speculate and then re-imagine what would happen if cutting edge technology were applied to these famous cold cases.
Doing his own research into the archives of the Hall of Fame, studying advanced forensics techniques and gaining creative insights from top doctors, FBI investigators and a former editor of Rolling Stone Magazine, Formant crafted the Da Vinci Code for Rock and Roll fans.