Fred Rosen

"True Crime Author"

A former columnist, for the Arts and Leisure Section of The New York Times, Fred Rosen is now one of the leading true crime authors in the United States. His 12 published works in the genre include the true crime classic, Lobster Boy. In that case it was Mr. Rosen's detective work that led to the conviction of the killer.

Bookspan is offering his July '07 HarperCollins book, There But For the Grace of God, as a Featured Alternate in the Doubleday Book Club, The Literary Guild, Mystery Guild, Book-of-the-Month Club, and Quality Paperback Book Club (hardcover format). He is also the winner of Library Journal's Best Reference Source 2005 award for THE HISTORICAL ATLAS OF AMERICAN CRIME, Facts on File, 2005 and has written many other books of historical non-fiction.

Mr. Rosen has his own popular true crime blog at fredrosen.com, part of the Google true crime blog ring. He is also a member of an elite group of true crime authors, investigators and forensic experts that will begin In Cold Blogger this June. He currently serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Ulster County Community College.