SettingsAmerican non-fiction crime writers
Ace Atkins
Ace Atkins is an American journalist and author.
Ace Atkins is an American journalist and author.
Alice Morse Earle
Alice Morse Earle (April 27, 1851 – February 16, 1911) was an American historian and author from Worcester, Massachusetts.
Alice Morse Earle (April 27, 1851 – February 16, 1911) was an American historian and author from Worcester, Massachusetts.
Amber Hunt (journalist)
Amber Hunt Amber Hunt is a journalist and true crime author.
Amber Hunt Amber Hunt is a journalist and true crime author.
Aphrodite Jones
Aphrodite Jones (born November 27, 1959) is an American reporter, author, and cable TV host of the series, True Crime with Aphrodite Jones, which airs on Investigation Discovery.
Aphrodite Jones (born November 27, 1959) is an American reporter, author, and cable TV host of the series, True Crime with Aphrodite Jones, which airs on Investigation Discovery.
Beth Holloway
Elizabeth Ann Reynolds "Beth" Holloway, also previously known as Beth Twitty, (born c. 1961) is an American speech pathologist and motivational speaker.
Elizabeth Ann Reynolds "Beth" Holloway, also previously known as Beth Twitty, (born c. 1961) is an American speech pathologist and motivational speaker.
Burl Barer
Burl Barer (born 1947, Walla Walla, Washington) is an American author and literary historian.
Burl Barer (born 1947, Walla Walla, Washington) is an American author and literary historian.
Burton Turkus
Burton B. Turkus (December 2, 1902 – November 22, 1982) was an attorney and author, best known for prosecuting members of the Brooklyn gang known as "Murder, Inc.".
Burton B. Turkus (December 2, 1902 – November 22, 1982) was an attorney and author, best known for prosecuting members of the Brooklyn gang known as "Murder, Inc.".
Candice DeLong
Candice DeLong is a former FBI criminal profiler.
Candice DeLong is a former FBI criminal profiler.
Casey Sherman
Casey Sherman is an American author, journalist most famous for his best-selling book The Finest Hours: The True Story Behind the Coast Guard's Most Daring Rescue Sherman was born in Hyannis...
Casey Sherman is an American author, journalist most famous for his best-selling book The Finest Hours: The True Story Behind the Coast Guard's Most Daring Rescue Sherman was born in Hyannis...
Cathy Scott
Cathy Scott is an American true crime writer and investigative journalist, born and raised in San Diego, United States growing up in nearby La Mesa, California.
Cathy Scott is an American true crime writer and investigative journalist, born and raised in San Diego, United States growing up in nearby La Mesa, California.
Charlie Gasparino
Charles (Charlie) Gasparino (age 47) is a senior correspondent for the Fox Business Network, where he reports on major developments in the world of finance and politics, as well as a blogger, oc...
Charles (Charlie) Gasparino (age 47) is a senior correspondent for the Fox Business Network, where he reports on major developments in the world of finance and politics, as well as a blogger, oc...
Cornelius Willemse
Cornelius W. Willemse was a New York City policeman and detective from 1900 to 1925.
Cornelius W. Willemse was a New York City policeman and detective from 1900 to 1925.
Courtney Ryley Cooper
Courtney Ryley Cooper (October 31, 1886 – September 29, 1940) was an American circus performer, publicist and writer.
Courtney Ryley Cooper (October 31, 1886 – September 29, 1940) was an American circus performer, publicist and writer.
Curt Gentry
Curt Gentry (born 1931) is an American writer.
Curt Gentry (born 1931) is an American writer.
Darcy O'Brien
Darcy O'Brien (July 16, 1939, Los Angeles - March 2, 1998, Tulsa) was an award-winning author of fiction and literary criticism, most well-known for his work in the genre of true crime.
Darcy O'Brien (July 16, 1939, Los Angeles - March 2, 1998, Tulsa) was an award-winning author of fiction and literary criticism, most well-known for his work in the genre of true crime.
David Lohr
David Lohr (born 1975) is an American writer.
David Lohr (born 1975) is an American writer.
David R. Stokes
David R. Stokes (born July 30, 1956) is an American writer, commentator, broadcaster, and ordained minister.
David R. Stokes (born July 30, 1956) is an American writer, commentator, broadcaster, and ordained minister.
David Simon
David Simon is an American author, journalist, and a writer/producer of television series.
David Simon is an American author, journalist, and a writer/producer of television series.
Edmund Pearson
Edmund Lester Pearson (1880–1937) was an American librarian and author.
Edmund Lester Pearson (1880–1937) was an American librarian and author.
Edward Fox (author)
Edward Lyttleton Fox, resident in London, UK, is a non-fiction writer from the U.S.
Edward Lyttleton Fox, resident in London, UK, is a non-fiction writer from the U.S.
Ethan Brown
Ethan Allen Brown (July 4, 1776 February 24, 1852) was a Democratic-Republican politician.
Ethan Allen Brown (July 4, 1776 February 24, 1852) was a Democratic-Republican politician.
Ethan Nadelmann
Ethan Nadelmann is the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a New York City-based non-profit organization working to end the War on Drugs.
Ethan Nadelmann is the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a New York City-based non-profit organization working to end the War on Drugs.
Gareth Penn
Gareth Sewell Penn (born 1941 in Carmel, California) is an American true crime author and amateur detective known for being among the first non-journalists to write about the famous Zodiac Kille...
Gareth Sewell Penn (born 1941 in Carmel, California) is an American true crime author and amateur detective known for being among the first non-journalists to write about the famous Zodiac Kille...
Gary Lavergne
Gary M. Lavergne is an American writer of non-fiction novels about Texas mass murderers Charles Whitman and Abdelkrim Belachheb, and a serial killer, Kenneth Allen McDuff.
Gary M. Lavergne is an American writer of non-fiction novels about Texas mass murderers Charles Whitman and Abdelkrim Belachheb, and a serial killer, Kenneth Allen McDuff.
Gary Taylor (journalist)
Gary Dale Taylor (born March 4, 1947) is an American journalist and author best known for reporting for newspapers and magazines from Houston, Texas, since 1971 and for the Fatal Attraction-styl...
Gary Dale Taylor (born March 4, 1947) is an American journalist and author best known for reporting for newspapers and magazines from Houston, Texas, since 1971 and for the Fatal Attraction-styl...
Gary Weiss
Gary Weiss is an American investigative journalist, columnist and author of two books that critically examine the ethics and morality of Wall Street.
Gary Weiss is an American investigative journalist, columnist and author of two books that critically examine the ethics and morality of Wall Street.
Gerald Posner
Gerald Posner is an investigative journalist and author of several books, including Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK which explores the John F. Kennedy assassinati...
Gerald Posner is an investigative journalist and author of several books, including Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK which explores the John F. Kennedy assassinati...
Gil Reavill
Gil Reavill is an American author, journalist and screenwriter whose work has appeared in a variety of media.
Gil Reavill is an American author, journalist and screenwriter whose work has appeared in a variety of media.
Gregg Olsen
Gregg Olsen (born March 5, 1959, in Seattle, Wash.) is a [New York Times] bestselling author of eight nonfiction books and five novels.
Gregg Olsen (born March 5, 1959, in Seattle, Wash.) is a [New York Times] bestselling author of eight nonfiction books and five novels.
Herbert Asbury
Herbert Asbury (September 1, 1889 – February 24, 1963) was an American journalist and writer who is best known for his true crime books detailing crime during the 19th and early 20th century suc...
Herbert Asbury (September 1, 1889 – February 24, 1963) was an American journalist and writer who is best known for his true crime books detailing crime during the 19th and early 20th century suc...
Howie Carr
Howard Louis "Howie" Carr, Jr. (born January 17, 1952) is an American journalist, author, and conservative radio talk-show host based in Boston with a listening audience rooted in Ne...
Howard Louis "Howie" Carr, Jr. (born January 17, 1952) is an American journalist, author, and conservative radio talk-show host based in Boston with a listening audience rooted in Ne...
Jack Olsen
Jack Olsen (June 7, 1925 – July 16, 2002) was an American journalist and author known for his thorough, scholarly approach to crime reporting.
Jack Olsen (June 7, 1925 – July 16, 2002) was an American journalist and author known for his thorough, scholarly approach to crime reporting.
Jake Adelstein
Joshua "Jake" Adelstein is an American journalist and writer who has spent much of his career in Japan covering vice and organised crime.
Joshua "Jake" Adelstein is an American journalist and writer who has spent much of his career in Japan covering vice and organised crime.
James Q. Wilson
James Q. Wilson (born May 27, 1931, in Denver, Colorado) is an American academic political scientist and an authority on public administration.
James Q. Wilson (born May 27, 1931, in Denver, Colorado) is an American academic political scientist and an authority on public administration.
Jay Robert Nash
Jay Robert Nash (born on November 26, 1937, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American author of more than seventy books on myriad aspects of true crime.
Jay Robert Nash (born on November 26, 1937, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American author of more than seventy books on myriad aspects of true crime.
Jed Horne
Jed Horne works for the New Orleans area newspaper The Times-Picayune, of which he is currently the metro editor.
Jed Horne works for the New Orleans area newspaper The Times-Picayune, of which he is currently the metro editor.
Jerry Bledsoe
Jerry Bledsoe (born 1941) is an American author and journalist known for several true crime titles based on murders in his native state of North Carolina.
Jerry Bledsoe (born 1941) is an American author and journalist known for several true crime titles based on murders in his native state of North Carolina.
John Berendt
John Berendt (born December 5, 1939) is an American author, known for writing the best-selling non-fiction book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which was a finalist for the 1995 Pul...
John Berendt (born December 5, 1939) is an American author, known for writing the best-selling non-fiction book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which was a finalist for the 1995 Pul...
John Gilmore (writer)
John "Jonathan" Gilmore (born July 5, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author and gonzo journalist known for iconoclastic Hollywood memoirs, true crime literature and hard-boiled ...
John "Jonathan" Gilmore (born July 5, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author and gonzo journalist known for iconoclastic Hollywood memoirs, true crime literature and hard-boiled ...
Joseph Wambaugh
Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. (born January 22, 1937, in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a bestselling American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the ...
Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. (born January 22, 1937, in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a bestselling American writer known for his fictional and non-fictional accounts of police work in the ...
Keith Ablow
Keith Russell Ablow (born November 23, 1961) is an American psychiatrist, New York Times best-selling author, and television personality who now serves as a Fox News contributor on psychiatr...
Keith Russell Ablow (born November 23, 1961) is an American psychiatrist, New York Times best-selling author, and television personality who now serves as a Fox News contributor on psychiatr...
Kelly Moore (non-fiction writer)
Kelly Moore is an author and litigator currently residing in Ashland, Oregon.
Kelly Moore is an author and litigator currently residing in Ashland, Oregon.
Kenneth Walton
Kenneth Andrew Walton (born November 23, 1967) is an American software developer and author of the memoir Fake: Forgery, Lies, & eBay, which details his time spent selling forged art on the ...
Kenneth Andrew Walton (born November 23, 1967) is an American software developer and author of the memoir Fake: Forgery, Lies, & eBay, which details his time spent selling forged art on the ...
Lacey Fosburgh
Lacey Fosburgh (3 October 1942 – January 11, 1993) was an American journalist, author, and academic best known for her bestselling book, Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder (1977).
Lacey Fosburgh (3 October 1942 – January 11, 1993) was an American journalist, author, and academic best known for her bestselling book, Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder (1977).
Lee Mortimer
Lee Mortimer (1904–March 1, 1963) was an American newspaper columnist, radio commentator, crime lecturer, night club show producer, and author.
Lee Mortimer (1904–March 1, 1963) was an American newspaper columnist, radio commentator, crime lecturer, night club show producer, and author.
Leonard Wolf
Leonard Wolf is a poet, author, teacher, and the father of Naomi Wolf.
Leonard Wolf is a poet, author, teacher, and the father of Naomi Wolf.
Lisa R. Cohen
Lisa R. Cohen is an Emmy award-winning television news magazine producer with more than 20 years of network news experience at ABC News and CBS News.
Lisa R. Cohen is an Emmy award-winning television news magazine producer with more than 20 years of network news experience at ABC News and CBS News.
Lowell Cauffiel
Lowell Cauffiel, born in Michigan, USA, is an American writer and TV producer.
Lowell Cauffiel, born in Michigan, USA, is an American writer and TV producer.
M. William Phelps
M. William Phelps is an American crime writer, investigative journalist, and television personality.
M. William Phelps is an American crime writer, investigative journalist, and television personality.
Michael Welner
Michael Mark Welner, M.D., (born September 24, 1964, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American Forensic Psychiatrist.
Michael Mark Welner, M.D., (born September 24, 1964, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American Forensic Psychiatrist.
Pat Brown (criminal profiler)
Pat Brown, born in 1955, is a criminal profiler, author and commentator.
Pat Brown, born in 1955, is a criminal profiler, author and commentator.
Philip Carlo
Philip Carlo (April 18, 1949 - November 8, 2010) was a journalist and best selling biographer of Thomas Pitera, Richard Kuklinski, Anthony Casso, and Richard Ramirez.
Philip Carlo (April 18, 1949 - November 8, 2010) was a journalist and best selling biographer of Thomas Pitera, Richard Kuklinski, Anthony Casso, and Richard Ramirez.
Philip Gourevitch
Philip Gourevitch (born 1961), an American author and journalist, is a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker and the former editor of The Paris Review.
Philip Gourevitch (born 1961), an American author and journalist, is a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker and the former editor of The Paris Review.
Rafael Alvarez
Rafael Alvarez (born May 24, 1958) is a journalist, author and television producer and writer.
Rafael Alvarez (born May 24, 1958) is a journalist, author and television producer and writer.
Raymond E. Foster
Raymond E. Foster is a retired Lieutenant of the Los Angeles Police Department, author, and college lecturer.
Raymond E. Foster is a retired Lieutenant of the Los Angeles Police Department, author, and college lecturer.
Richard Sprague
Richard E. Sprague (1921–1996) was an American computer technician, researcher and author.
Richard E. Sprague (1921–1996) was an American computer technician, researcher and author.
Robert Graysmith
Robert Graysmith (born September 17, 1942) is an American true crime author.
Robert Graysmith (born September 17, 1942) is an American true crime author.
Robin Sax
Robin Ann Sax (born 1971) is an author, legal analyst, victim advocate, radio host, and a former prosecutor for the State of California, County of Los Angeles and Riverside County District Atto...
Robin Ann Sax (born 1971) is an author, legal analyst, victim advocate, radio host, and a former prosecutor for the State of California, County of Los Angeles and Riverside County District Atto...
Sebastian Junger
Sebastian Junger is an American author, journalist, and documentarian, most famous for the best-selling book The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea, his award-winning chroni...
Sebastian Junger is an American author, journalist, and documentarian, most famous for the best-selling book The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea, his award-winning chroni...
Shelton Williams
Shelton Williams, a native of Odessa, Texas, is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Austin College in Sherman, Texas.
Shelton Williams, a native of Odessa, Texas, is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Austin College in Sherman, Texas.
Sondra London
Sondra London is an American true crime author who has been dubbed "the Queen of Serial Killer Groupies".
Sondra London is an American true crime author who has been dubbed "the Queen of Serial Killer Groupies".
Stacy Dittrich
Stacy Dittrich (born 2 March 1973) is an American mystery novelist, true crime author, former police detective from Ohio, law enforcement media analyst, and speaker.
Stacy Dittrich (born 2 March 1973) is an American mystery novelist, true crime author, former police detective from Ohio, law enforcement media analyst, and speaker.
Stacy Horn
Stacy Horn (born June 3, 1956, in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American author, businesswoman and occasional journalist.
Stacy Horn (born June 3, 1956, in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American author, businesswoman and occasional journalist.
Steve Coll
Steve Coll (born October 8, 1958 in Washington, D.C.) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and writer.
Steve Coll (born October 8, 1958 in Washington, D.C.) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and writer.
Steven Long
Steven Hayward Long (born July 17, 1944), from Houston, Texas, is an American journalist, magazine publisher and nonfiction author of three true crime books.
Steven Hayward Long (born July 17, 1944), from Houston, Texas, is an American journalist, magazine publisher and nonfiction author of three true crime books.
Thomas E. Gaddis
Thomas E. Gaddis (September 14, 1908 - October 10, 1984) was a United States author, most noted for his book about the Birdman of Alcatraz, Robert Stroud.
Thomas E. Gaddis (September 14, 1908 - October 10, 1984) was a United States author, most noted for his book about the Birdman of Alcatraz, Robert Stroud.
Vincent Bugliosi
Vincent Bugliosi (; born August 18, 1934, in Hibbing, Minnesota) is an American attorney and author, best known for prosecuting Charles Manson and other defendants accused of the Tate-LaBianca m...
Vincent Bugliosi (; born August 18, 1934, in Hibbing, Minnesota) is an American attorney and author, best known for prosecuting Charles Manson and other defendants accused of the Tate-LaBianca m...
William Queen
William "Billy" Queen Jr. is a retired undercover agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the author of the bestselling books Under and Alone and '...
William "Billy" Queen Jr. is a retired undercover agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the author of the bestselling books Under and Alone and '...