Former Delray private eye, 88, ready to release her newest book

By DAVID DiPINO
Staff Writer

DELRAY BEACH – Writer Virginia Snyder, 88, has kicked off her publicity tour for a new tell-all book titled "And Justice for All: The Improbable Story of Virginia Snyder, Investigative Reporter and Private Investigator." 
Snyder recently stopped by Boynton Beach radio station WXEL 90.7 FM to tape interviews for an upcoming feature on the station's " Florida Forum" show with host Ann Bocock. That show airs at 11 a.m. Sundays and re-airs at 7 p.m. Mondays.
Snyder answered questions about her abusive father while she was growing up, how she left Virginia and married and moved to Florida to pursue a newspaper reporting job and a college degree.
Then she worked as the only female private investigator in Florida, helping to free people who had been wrongly convicted of crimes and jailed due to mistakes by law enforcement here in South Florida.
  "She's 88 … You know the saying you can't judge a book by its cover? That's Virginia Snyder," Bocock said.
"I went ahead with the skunk approach," Snyder said in describing her work. "If I made enough [of a] stink I could get somewhere."
She said her book should be available in book stores within a month.  

   David DiPino can be reached at dddipino@tribune.com or 954-621-5000.

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Dave DiPino
David DiPino joined Forum Publishing Group in August 2006. As a reporter for the Delray Forum, David covers community news and writes a dining column twice a month that focuses on restaurants in South Palm Beach County.

He also is one of the writers of the twice-monthly Hometown Downtown column that looks at events, celebrations, and organizations in Delray and Boynton Beach. He freelances for the Sun-Sentinel during high school football and basketball seasons.

David spent 12 years working in the restaurant industry, and did just about every job in the back of the house, including line cook, sous chef, and dessert chef. A Florida native who lives in Jupiter, he studied Multimedia Journalism at Florida Atlantic University, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree. David enjoys playing the guitar, golf, boating and snorkeling during his free time.

Contact him at ddipino@gmail.com or 954-621-5000.