Known for tales that are deeply researched and art­ful­ly told, Lisa Belkin’s career spans three decades — at The New York Times, most­ly at the Mag­a­zine; also cre­at­ing the Life’s Work col­umn and Moth­er­lode blog and as author of four nar­ra­tive non-fic­tion books, includ­ing her lat­est, Geneal­o­gy of a Mur­der, and Show Me a Hero (1999), which lat­er became an HBO miniseries.