Title: 15 Best True Crime Authors Who Are Must-Reads For Genre Fans
Headings: 15 Best True Crime Authors Who Are Must-Reads For Genre Fans
15 Best True Crime Authors Who Are Must-Reads For Genre Fans
Michelle McNamara
Dave Cullen
Alfredo Corchado
Ann Rule
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Erik Larson
Susan Orlean
Jon Krakauer
MAry Kay McBrayer
Bryan Stevenson
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
Mara Leveritt
Truman Capote
Deborah Blum
James Ellroy
Rabia Chaudry

Content: 15 Best True Crime Authors Who Are Must-Reads For Genre Fans
15 Best True Crime Authors Who Are Must-Reads For Genre Fans
Erin Mayer Feb 26, 2020
This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. I’ve always been drawn to crime stories. Despite (or perhaps because of) my struggles with anxiety, I’m interested in the dark side of humanity. Which is why I’m attempting the impossible task of listing the very best true crime authors in the history of the genre. These are the best true crime authors you need to check out if you love crime journalism, in no particular order. Michelle McNamara
Michelle McNamara passed away before completing her first book on the search for (and her personal obsession with) the Golden Gate Killer. Even so, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark is a masterful blend of memoir and investigative journalism. While the book was posthumously completed by McNamara’s husband and research partners, you can see more of her writing at True Crime Diary. Dave Cullen
Cullen has carved out a depressingly necessary niche as a school shootings reporter, starting with his iconic tome about the Columbine High School massacre, simply called Columbine.