Very soon, my true crime tome, KENTUCKY BLOODBATH, will be released by WildBlue Press. It's a trip into the odd, fascinating, and often shocking world of true crime. As such, a few words from yours truly are in order... Having grown up reading true crime, it wasn’t at all surprising that one day after I’d begun my writing career that I dove into true crime, putting onto pages those strange and terrible events that are part and parcel of … [Read more...]
Classic True Crime NO STONE UNTURNED Now An eBook And Audio Book Featuring “Where Are They Now?” Updates
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...]
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 dev.wildbluepress.com. … [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...]
True Crime Author Kevin Sullivan Reveals VAMPIRE Secrets On Shattered Lives Radio
If you missed the WildBlue Press Authors Series show with Kevin Sullivan on Shattered Lives with Donna Gore click here to listen to the very lively discussion they had about Richard Chase, true crime, and the art of writing ... and don't forget to buy VAMPIRE: The Richard Chase Murders. … [Read more...]
NY Times Bestselling Author Caitlin Rother Says ‘Writing Is Rewriting’ For Success
Known Best For Her True Crime, Rother's First Book Was NAKED ADDICTION, A Crime Fiction Mystery Now Out With WildBlue Press I can’t even count how many times I wrote and significantly rewrote NAKED ADDICTION. But because it was my first book, I was riding the learning curve, and as I tell my students, writing is rewriting. Back in the 1990s, when I started this crime novel, I decided that rather than stick the early drafts into a drawer … [Read more...]
True Crime Writer Jackson Begins Shattered Lives-WildBlue Press Author Series
Show Featured Wide-Ranging Discussion on WildBlue Press, True Crime Writing, BOGEYMAN, And The Impact of Violent Crime Those of you who missed it live, can listen to Steve Jackson's interview on the Shattered Lives with Donna Gore radio program. Donna used the first part of the show to quiz Steve about WildBlue Press, the indie publishing company he founded with his partner, Michael Cordova, in the summer of 2014, as a "publishing … [Read more...]
Author Steve Jackson Discusses True Crime Writing On Crime Beat Show
Another great interview with #truecrime author Steve Jackson on the Crime Beat radio show with host Ron Chepesiuk. (http://www.artistfirst.com/crimebeat.htm) They talked about the behind-the-scene stories that went into the writing of #bestselling BOGEYMAN: He Was Every Parent's Nightmare, as well as commentary on several of the main characters. But guided by Chepesiuk's insightful questions, Jackson (@authorsjackson) also discussed true crime … [Read more...]
BOGEYMAN Author To Appear On True Crime Radio Show CRIME BEAT
Crime Beat: Issues, Controversies and Personalities From The Darkside #Bestselling #truecrime author Steve Jackson was the guest on CRIME BEAT with Ron Chepesiuk Thursday, 8 p.m. ET, January 22. They discused BOGEYMAN: He Was Every Parent's Worst Nightmare, https://dev.wildbluepress.com/b30c, as well as Jackson's other true crime books and stories, such as MONSTER and NO STONE UNTURNED, and crime writing in general. Chepesiuk is … [Read more...]