Tucson Festival of Books

Murders that Shaped America


These murders changed America--but why? And what's the real story behind them?


Panelists
Eli Frankel

Emmy-nominated Eli Frankel has served as executive producer, network executive, showrunner, editor, camera operator, writer, and director of multiple series for broadcast television, cable television, and streaming networks....

Elon Green

Elon Green has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker, and appears in Unspeakable Acts, Sarah Weinman’s anthology of true crime. "Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York" was his first book and won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime....

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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....

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Books:
Sisters in Death
The Black Dahlia, the Prairie Heiress, and Their Hunter
Eli Frankel
True Crime
Kensington Publishing Corp
October 2025
ISBN 9780806543765
400 pages
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Last Call
A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York
Elon Green
True Crime
Celadon Books
June 2022
ISBN 9781250833020
288 pages
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50 States of Murder
An Atlas of American Crime
Harold Schechter
True Crime
Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
September 2025
ISBN 9781523524143
288 pages
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