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Harold Schechter

Harold Schechter
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Harold Schechter

Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture. Renowned 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 Allan Poe. He lives in New York State.

Nevermore will be released on June 29, 2010 in eBook
Jun 29, 2010
Nevermore is now available in eBook
Jun 29, 2010
Deviant will be released on May 11, 2010 in eBook
May 11, 2010
Deviant is now available in eBook
May 11, 2010
Deranged will be released on November 24, 2009 in eBook
Nov 24, 2009
Deranged is now available in eBook
Nov 24, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Hum Bug
Nov 05, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Bestial
Sep 18, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from NEVERMORE
Aug 21, 2009
Nevermore will be released on August 17, 2009 in
Aug 17, 2009
Nevermore is now available in
Aug 17, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Fatal
Aug 13, 2009
Outcry will be released on August 11, 2009 in
Aug 11, 2009
Outcry is now available in
Aug 11, 2009
Fatal is now available in
Aug 11, 2009
Fatal will be released on August 11, 2009 in
Aug 11, 2009

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Associated Content, May 18, 2012
...Murder and the Macabre,' which features 17 chilling true stories by some fantastic true crime writers such as Harold Schechter, Carol Ann Davis, Katherine Ramsland, Robert Scott, Michele McPhee and Burl Barer. Q7) What recent movies or TV series have...
Manila Bulletin, March 31, 2012
...books and literature. The child of two literature professors – one of which is prolific true crime writer Harold Schechter – Oliver says that she grew up in a house where reading was fundamental. "I’ve gotten a lot of inspiration from both my...
Herald & Review, March 11, 2012
...my books have an element of the supernatural.” Myth and psychology were dinner topics, she says. Her father, Harold Schechter, has written books about serial killers, and sister Elizabeth is a philosophy professor at Washington University researching...
STLtoday.com, March 3, 2012
...books have an element of the supernatural." Myth and psychology were dinner topics, she says. Her father, Harold Schechter, has written books about serial killers, and sister Elizabeth is a philosophy professor at Washington University researching the...
Kansas City Star, January 14, 2012
...and wonder? rather than ?sentimental love and reason.? Theirs, he adds, is a transgressive imagination. Later still, Harold Schechter, an authority on the American Gothic, reminds us that ?we thrive on the kinds of entertainments folklorists call...
KansasCity.com, January 13, 2012
...and wonder? rather than ?sentimental love and reason.? Theirs, he adds, is a transgressive imagination. Later still, Harold Schechter, an authority on the American Gothic, reminds us that ?we thrive on the kinds of entertainments folklorists call...
Washington Post, December 29, 2011
...terror and wonder rather than sentimental love and reason. Theirs, he adds, is a transgressive imagination. Later still, Harold Schechter, an authority on the American Gothic, reminds us that we thrive on the kinds of entertainments folklorists call...
Roanoke Times, February 19, 2012
...on vacation. Here, Wilson does overlook one facet of society: true crime audiences. And though he does mention Harold Schechter, one of the most prolific true crime writers, Wilson does not discuss the continually growing demand for true crime novels...
Vindy.com, January 23, 2012
...of the Youngstown Community Corp., succeeding William B. Pollock II at the annual meeting at the YMCA. Rabbi Harold Schechter is installed as spiritual leader of Temple Emanu-El. 1937: The Red Cross launches a campaign to raise $2 million to aid 275,000...
BusinessWeek, November 29, 2011
...the roles of author and editor/entrepreneur separate. “Writing is something I need to do,” says Schechter, whose father, Harold Schechter, is a true-crime writer specializing in deviant characters. “This is a different form of creativity.” Says...