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Ann Rule

Ann Rule is a former Seattle policewoman and the author of more than two dozen New York Times bestsellers. She is a certified instructor for police training seminars and lectures frequently to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and forensic science organizations, including the FBI. For more than two decades, she has been a powerful advocate for victims of violent crime. A graduate of the University of Washington, she holds a Ph.D. in Humane Letters from Willamette University. She lives near Seattle and can be contacted through her website AnnRules.com.

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Practice to Deceive will be released on October 08, 2013 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
May 17, 2013
The Plot Thickens will be released on May 11, 2013 in Trade Paperback
May 11, 2013
The Plot Thickens is now available in Trade Paperback
May 11, 2013
Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors will be released on November 27, 2012 in Mass Market Paperback, eBook
Nov 27, 2012
Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors is now available in Mass Market Paperback, eBook
Nov 27, 2012
In the Still of the Night will be released on November 06, 2012 in Compact Disk
Nov 06, 2012
In the Still of the Night is now available in Compact Disk
Nov 06, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Bitter Harvest
Oct 19, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from And Never Let Her Go
Oct 19, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Last Dance, Last Chance
Oct 19, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from The End Of The Dream The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up
Oct 19, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Every Breath You Take
Oct 19, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Kiss Me, Kill Me
Oct 14, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Green River, Running Red
Oct 14, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Without Pity
Aug 30, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Heart Full of Lies
Jul 21, 2012

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Altus Times, May 1, 2013
...Nina loved to paint almost anything. She spent many hours reading true crime books. Her favorite author was Ann Rule. She was also known to watch the National Geographic and Animal Planet Channels. Reading Reminisce Magazines and reading and looking at...
Onion AV Club, May 1, 2013
...famous writers who, mostly for marketing reasons, changed genders for their bylines and book covers. 1. Ann Rule Ann Rule is probably the bestselling true crime writer in history, but when she began reporting on murders for pulp magazines in the...
Equities.com, March 30, 2013
...by Jay Anson and Maya Angelou's "The Heart of a Woman." One request form wished for Ann Rule's true crime novel "Green River, Running Red" and Anne Sexton's "The Complete Poems" -- or, if those weren't available, some nonfiction books about the...
Camp Pendleton Patch, February 28, 2013
...in the community who don’t believe that [this] is suicide.” Rother is aware that other crime writers—notably Ann Rule —have taken on the Zahau case. Rule included a chapter in a recent book on the Spreckels mansion mystery, calling it a...
Crime Magazine, February 18, 2013
...Crime Magazine's Review of True-Crime Books In late October I was fortunate to interview true-crime queen Ann Rule. She was in the Bay Area to promote her latest book, Heart Full of Lies. Rule told me that she "can't stand" mystery fiction: As we...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 18, 2013
...Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin Erik Larson (Broadway; $16) 7. FATAL FRIENDS, DEADLY NEIGHBORS Ann Rule (Pocket; $7.99) 8. IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling (Three Rivers; $14) 9....
San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 2013
...Erik Larson (Broadway; $16) 5. BOSSYPANTS Tina Fey (Back Bay/Little, Brown; $15.99) 6. FATAL FRIENDS, DEADLY NEIGHBORS Ann Rule (Pocket; $7.99) 7. IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME? (And Other Concerns) Mindy Kaling (Three Rivers; $14) 8....
World News Network, May 16, 2013
...The true story began in 1974 when Pat Allanson convinced her husband Tom Allanson to murder his own parents because they didn't approve of his marriage to Pat, a beautiful seductress, who was often referred to as a Scarlet O'hara look-alike. Police say...
Examiner.com, May 16, 2013
...newsletter E-mail * do not change Contact Email Contact Email2 Contact Url Subscribe to Blog Remember my Info Ann Rule's "Everything She Ever Wanted" is based on the 1993 true crime thriller by the same name. Both the book and the movie...
Examiner.com, May 6, 2013
..."Ann Rule's Too Late To Say Goodbye" is a Lifetime movie based on the case of Barton Corbin and his wife Jennifer Corbin. The movie came to Lifetime in 2010...
West Coast Sentinel, May 1, 2013
...ladies especially for the luncheon and the fish evening meal, and for the fellowship of all who played Ann Rule from Alford won the raffle for the Sea SA Ferry Voucher. The tournament came to a close when President Richie wished all a safe journey...
Altus Times, May 1, 2013
...Nina loved to paint almost anything. She spent many hours reading true crime books. Her favorite author was Ann Rule. She was also known to watch the National Geographic and Animal Planet Channels. Reading Reminisce Magazines and reading and looking at...
Onion AV Club, May 1, 2013
...famous writers who, mostly for marketing reasons, changed genders for their bylines and book covers. 1. Ann Rule Ann Rule is probably the bestselling true crime writer in history, but when she began reporting on murders for pulp magazines in the...
CBS Boston, April 19, 2013
...a terrorist than a wild-eyed 35-year-old man, this information does tell you that profiling has its limits. As Ann Rule proved in her must-read book about serial killer Ted Bundy, the clean-cut, pleasant stranger beside you may be a bigger threat than...