Harold Schechter

About the Author

Harold Schechter is a former professor of City University of New York’s Queen’s College. When he was active as a professor, he taught American culture and literature for more than four decades. Over the years, his essays on media violence, psychopathy and crime have been featured in many magazines and newspapers including the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal among others. He has also been a true crime expert on many cable channels such as Court TV, Investigation Discovery and History Detectives on PBS. Since he published “Outcry,” his debut novel in 1997, he has gone on to write more than 40 historical true crime stories exploring the life and times of the most infamous serial killers in the United States. He is also the a. Harold Schechter is the author of over 45 books across 5 series. Their most famous work is the Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books series, which has garnered millions of readers worldwide. With such a prolific career, Harold Schechter has established themselves as one of the most influential authors in contemporary fiction.