Kieran_Crowley_(writer)

Kieran Crowley (writer)

Kieran Crowley (writer)

American novelist

Kieran Crowley (1949–2016) was an American journalist and New York Times best-selling writer.

He was a longtime contributor at the New York Post,[1] specializing in crime reporting. While at the Post, he decoded messages that were sent to the police by a serial killer later identified as Heriberto Seda.[2] He earned a lifetime achievement award in 2014 from the Press Club of Long Island.[3]

Crowley also wrote true crime books and novels, notably a series starring F.X. Shepard, a tabloid news reporter.

He died at the age of 66 from leukemia complications.

Bibliography

Non-fiction

  • Sleep My Little Dead: The True Story of the Zodiac Killer (1997, St. Martin's); about murderer Heriberto Seda
  • Burned Alive (1999, St. Martin's)
  • The Surgeon's Wife (2001, St. Martin's); about murderer Robert Bierenbaum; a New York Times best-seller.[4]
  • Almost Paradise (2005, St. Martin's); about murderer Ted Ammon

Fiction

  • 1787 (2008, Five Star), under the pen name Sean Michael Bailey
  • Hack: An F.X. Shepard novel (2015, Titan Books)
  • Shoot: An F.X. Shepherd novel (2016, Titan Books)

References

  1. [1]
    Joan Swirsky (2002) Parents' Fear: A Monster in the Playground, The New York Times, March 17, 2002
  2. [2]
    Crowley, Keiran (2003). Sleep My Little Dead: The True Story of the Zodiac Killer. St Martin's Paperbacks
  3. [3]
    PCLI Announces Winners of 201 Media Awards
  4. [4]
    PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: October 7, 2001
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