Harold Schechter

Harold Schechter is an American true-crime writer who specializes in serial killers. Twice nominated for the Edgar Award, he is the author of the nonfiction books Fatal , Fiend , Bestial , Deviant , Deranged , Depraved , The Serial Killer Files , The Mad Sculptor , and Man-Eater ; the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men ; the Amazon Original Stories collection Bloodlands ; and Ripped from the Headlines . Schechter received...See more

Harold Schechter is an American true-crime writer who specializes in serial killers. Twice nominated for the Edgar Award, he is the author of the nonfiction books Fatal , Fiend , Bestial , Deviant , Deranged , Depraved , The Serial Killer Files , The Mad Sculptor , and Man-Eater ; the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men ; the Amazon Original Stories collection Bloodlands ; and Ripped from the Headlines . Schechter received his PhD in American literature from the State University of New York in Buffalo. A professor emeritus at Queens College, he is married to the poet Kimiko Hahn. For more information, visit www.haroldschechter.com. See less