Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture. Renowed for his true-crime writing, he is the author of the nonfiction books Fatal, Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved, and, with David Everitt, The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. He is also the author of Nevermore and The Hum Bug, the acclaimed historical novels featuring Edgar Ellen Poe. He lives in New York State and is the father of YA novelist, Lauren Oliver. — Mostly from Depraved
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Murder, Serial murderers, Biography, Fiction, historical, general, Serial murders, Case studies, History, Murderers, Fiction, Murder, united states, Authors, fiction, Criminals, biography, Fiction, general, Popular culture, Authors, College readers, Encyclopedias, English language, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Problems, exercises, Rhetoric, Trials (Murder), American poetry, Art and mythology, Baltimore (md.), fictionPlaces
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Albert Fish (1870-1936), Belle Gunness (1859-1908), Carl Panzram (1891-1930), Davy Crockett (1786-1836), Ed Gein, Edward Gein, Henry James (1843-1916), Herman W. Mudgett (1861-1896), Jane Toppan (1854-1938), Jesse Harding Pomeroy (b. 1859), John Caldwell Colt (1810-1842), John Johnston (ca. 1822-1900), P. T. Barnum (1810-1891), Robert Irwin (1907-1975), Roland Burnham Molineux, Samuel Colt (1814-1862)ID Numbers
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