the serial killer files by harold schechter

The first book in the series, Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head (2016), was nominated for an Edgar Award in the 'Best Juvenile Mystery' category. Chester, he has also co-written the middle-grade trilogy, Curiosity House, with his daughter, bestselling YA novelist Lauren Oliver. In addition to his work as a crime historian, Schechter is the author of an acclaimed series of detective novels based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. His 2014 book, The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Crime that Shook the Nation, was nominated for an Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category.

Using primary sources such as newspaper clippings and court records, he supplies thorough documentation of every case he profiles, while still managing to create compelling narratives and fully fleshed-out characters. Schechter is Professor Emeritus at Queens College, and specializes in American true crime, specifically serial murders of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is also a 1969 graduate of City College of New York. Schechter attended the State University of New York at Buffalo where his PhD director was Leslie Fiedler. His newest book, published in March 2021, is Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer. He is the editor of the Library of America volume, True Crime: An American Anthology. Schechter's essays have appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and the International Herald Tribune. He is a Professor Emeritus at Queens College, City University of New York where he taught classes in American literature and myth criticism for forty-two years. Harold Schechter (born June 28, 1948) is an American true crime writer who specializes in serial killers. True Crime Writer/Author, Professor Emeritus at Queens College, CUNY.Ĭity College of New York, State University of New York

The serial killer files by harold schechter