Tucson Festival of Books

Harold Schechter


Harold Schechter is an American true crime writer specializing in serial killers. He is a Professor Emeritus at Queens College, City University of New York, where he taught classes in American literature and myth criticism for 42 years. His most recent release is "50 States of Murder," which is a geographic telling of some of the most notorius, but lesser known, murders for each state.

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Books:
50 States of Murder
An Atlas of American Crime
True Crime
Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
September 2025
ISBN 9781523524143
288 pages

Deviant
True Crime
Gallery Books
April 2025
ISBN 9781668048177
304 pages