Lise Olsen

Lise Olsen is investigations editor at the Texas Observer and the author of "The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston's Lost Boys," a deeply researched tale about dozens of young men who were kidnapped and killed by Dean Corll in the 1970s. 

Her first book, "Code of Silence," was honored by the Texas Institute of Letters and by Investigative Reporters and Editors as the year's best nonfiction book in 2022. 

Her reporting has contributed to the prosecution of a congressman and a federal judge, and freed dozens of wrongfully-held prisoners.  

Awards: Prior book received Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins Award and Investigative Reporters and Editors' Book award; this book was a finalist for CLUE's True Crime Book of the Year.

Communities: woman journalist, working mom

Books:

The Scientist and the Serial Killer

The Search for Houston's Lost Boys
True Crime
Random House
April 2025
ISBN 9780593595688
464 pages

Code of Silence

Inside the Case That Led to the First Federal Judge to be Impeached for Sexual M isconduct
True Crime
Beacon Press
August 2022
ISBN 9780807007280
288 pages