Looking At the Origins of Modern True Crime Writing

Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire’s Wife, and the Murder of the Century Truman Capote’s groundbreaking, nonfiction classic, In Cold Blood—a gripping account of the 1959 slaughter of a wealthy Kansas farm family— instantly established the...

My Latest Book Tour

My latest book tour took me to Atlanta for the 17th annual Decatur Book Festival. Co-sponsored by the Atlanta Journal Constitution and Emory University, it was held at First Baptist Church of Decatur. More than 2,000 people attended the weekend event, including...

A Return to Madison County

I can’t seem to stay away from Madison County for very long. On this trip, I attended the rededication of the Anderson Rosenwald School and then did a talk at the Madison Count Library on Drifting into Darkness. Rededication of Anderson Rosenwald School I recently...