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Praise for American Serial Killers [A] gripping survey of 20th century serial killers...Smooth prose helps keep the pages turning. True crime fans with strong stomachs will want to check this one out. -Publishers Weekly Renowned true crime author Vronksy has composed an exhaustive history of these epidemic years, recounting the atrocities of heavy-hitters like Ted Bundy and introducing readers to more obscure murderers like Melvin Rees. . .Thoroughly researched and highly detailed, Vronsky's analysis of the golden age of serial killers is an essential true crime reference work. -Booklist

Praise for American Serial Killers [A] gripping survey of 20th century serial killers...Smooth prose helps keep the pages turning. True crime fans with strong stomachs will want to check this one out. --Publishers Weekly Renowned true crime author Vronksy has composed an exhaustive history of these epidemic years, recounting the atrocities of heavy-hitters like Ted Bundy and introducing readers to more obscure murderers like Melvin Rees. . .Thoroughly researched and highly detailed, Vronsky's analysis of the golden age of serial killers is an essential true crime reference work. --Booklist

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Peter Vronsky, PhD, is an investigative historian and a former film and television documentary producer. He is the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters; Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters; and Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present. He is an authority on Canada’s first modern battle, which he has written about in his definitive book, Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle That Made Canada.  Peter Vronsky holds a PhD from the University of Toronto in the fields of criminal justice history and the history of espionage in international relations. He teaches history at Ryerson University in Toronto. He divides his time between Toronto, Canada, and Venice, Italy.

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