I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads Choice Awards – Nonfiction | 2018 | Winner |
About This Book
The posthumously published true crime account of Michelle McNamara's obsessive investigation into the Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and murderer who terrorised California in the 1970s and 1980s. Drawing on police files, interviews, and her own relentless research, McNamara named and pursued her suspect with remarkable prescience. The killer was identified via genealogical DNA analysis in April 2018, two years after McNamara's death.
About the Author
Michelle McNamara (1970–2016) was an American crime writer, journalist, and true crime blogger whose posthumously published book I'll Be Gone in the Dark (2018) became one of the most celebrated and commercially successful true crime books of the decade. McNamara was the founder of the website True Crime Diary, where she wrote extensively about unsolved cases, and was married to comedian and actor Patton Oswalt. I'll Be Gone in the Dark chronicles McNamara's obsessive investigation into the identity of the Golden State Killer, a serial rapist and murderer responsible for at least thirteen murders and more than fifty rapes in California between 1974 and 1986. Read more →
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