The Story Of "The World's Premier Forensic Investigators" By New York Times Bestselling Author Steve Jackson Catches Up On Cases More than a dozen years have passed since my true crime book NO STONE UNTURNED was released in print. At the time, NecroSearch International, the inspirational and eclectic group of scientists and law enforcement investigators described in the book, were little known outside of the few agencies who had come into … [Read more...]
Symposium Takes True Crime Author Back To Scene From NO STONE UNTURNED
Reflections On The Ripple Effect of Violent Crime, Michele Wallace, and Serial Killer Roy Melanson In The Mountains of Colorado In March, I had the great privilege of presenting lectures to several sociology/criminology classes at Western State Colorado University in Gunnison, Colorado, and then giving the keynote speech for the 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at the university. The class lectures centered on a power point … [Read more...]
Catch The WildBlue Press Author Series On Shattered Lives Radio With Donna Gore
Listen to the archived radio interviews from the WildBlue Press Author Series. Authors included Steve Jackson, John Ferak, Kevin Sullivan, Burl Barer, Caitlin Rother, Ron Franscell, Bradley Nickell and Carolina Sarassa discussing their books and writing with host Donna Gore on Shattered Lives Radio. Then find the books you'll be wanting to read at wildbluepress.com. … [Read more...]
Iowa parole board to review DIXIE’s case; make your voice heard!
Since January #truecrime readers have grown quite familiar with my first #truecrime book published via #WildBluePress. Meanwhile, business at the Iowa parole board continues. DIXIE'S LAST STAND chronicles the plight of #prisoner Dixie Shanahan. It's a book about #domesticviolence, fateful choices and rigid sentencing guidelines. So far, #DIXIE has proven to be a conversation starter. wildbluepress.com/Dixie Here's a random sampling of … [Read more...]
Ferak Writing Sequel To Debut True Crime BLOODY LIES And Another CSI Scandal
THE TALE OF THE BLOOD-SOAKED MATTRESS Was it a CSI commander's finest hour ... or something quite different? Jessica O’Grady was a tall, starry-eyed Omaha, Nebraska co-ed in search of Mr. Right. Christopher Edwards was a deceitful and darkened soul. CSI commander Dave Kofoed was on the prowl for sensational murder cases to keep his prestigious crime lab in the constant media spotlight. In May of 2006, Jessica’s sudden and mystifying … [Read more...]
Generation Why Podcast recommends DIXIE’S LAST STAND to its listeners
In January, Harlan, Iowa's newspaper had a complimentary front-page article about DIXIE'S LAST STAND: Was It Murder or Self-Defense? wildbluepress.com/Dixie Days later, Twin Cities' DARKNESS RADIO host Dave Schrader made DIXIE the topic of a 90-minute segment on True-Crime Tuesdays. In February, we had a lively hour-long discussion about DIXIE on SHATTERED LIVES RADIO with host Donna R. Gore and Delilah Jones. Then came Sunday, March 8. … [Read more...]
Membership In NecroSearch International A Proud Moment In Crime Author’s Career
I wrote the first edition of NO STONE UNTURNED: The True Story of the World's Premier Forensic Investigators in 2001 and it was published a year later. I'd first met several of its members a few years earlier while working on my first true crime book, MONSTER. They'd been working with Detective Scott Richardson, then of the Lakewood Police Department, to help find the clandestine grave of murder victim Cher Elder and recover her remains. Order … [Read more...]
NY Times Bestselling Author Caitlin Rother Talks Crime Fiction vs. True Crime
As the New York Times bestselling author of fiction and nonfiction books, I thought that readers might be interested to hear how the writing process differs between my two main genres, at least for me, and how I go about choosing the cases I feature in my books. So far, I’ve written or co-authored 10 books, including eight that are narrative non-fiction crime titles, and I'm working on #11 and #12. My latest title is I’ll Take Care of You and … [Read more...]
Sullivan Discusses Insanity, Legal Insanity, And The Murderer Richard Chase
Conversation On Shattered Lives Radio Centered Around The Meaning Of "Crazy" And The Vampire of Sacramento Insanity, Legal Insanity, and the Murderer: It's a subject that raises its head all the time in the courts, and often, it's a battle that is pivotal in deciding what happens to those who kill their fellow human beings. Recently, I was on Shattered Lives Radio with Donna Gore discussing my book, Vampire: The Richard Murders. Our … [Read more...]
Ends Sunday! Get NAKED ADDICTION By Caitlin Rother For 99 Cents, Register to Win A Free Audio Book, And Listen To Shattered Lives
Rother Discusses True Crime vs. Crime Fiction New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Rother joined the host of Shattered Lives With "LadyJustice" Donna Gore Saturday, January 21, as this week's guest for the WildBlue Press Authors Series. They talked about Caitlin's first crime fiction novel, NAKED ADDICTION, as well as her true crime books. In addition to such great true crime reading as Lost Girls, Caitlin discussed her new book, THEN NO … [Read more...]
