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| Ann Rule | |
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| Born | Ann Stackhouse October 22, 1935 Lowell, Michigan, United States |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Subjects | True crime |
| Notable work(s) | The Stranger Beside Me |
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Ann Rule (born October 22, 1935, in Lowell, Michigan) is an American true crime writer.[1]
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Early life and education
Rule was born on October 22, 1935, in Lowell, Michigan, to Chester R. Stackhouse and Sophie Hansen. Her mother was a school teacher, specializing in developmentally disabled children, and her father was a sports coach.[2] Many members of Rule's had careers in law enforcement. Her grandfather and uncle were sheriffs in Michigan, another uncle was a medical examiner and a cousin was a prosecutor. Rule spent her summers with her grandparents doing volunteer work in the local jail.[2]
Rule graduated from Coatesville High School then attended the University of Washington. She majored in creative writing, along with minors in criminology, penology and psychology. She extended her education for two more years at Highline Community College by taking criminal courses.[2]
Career
Early in her career Rule wrote for several publications geared for women. Starting in 1969, she wrote for the magazine True Detective under the nom de plume "Andy Stack" when she began writing for the magazine.[2]
Her first book was The Stranger Beside Me about serial killer Ted Bundy. She wrote The Stranger Beside Me under her own name. However, her next three books (The Lust Killer, Jerry Brudos; The Want-Ad Killer, Harvey Carignan; and The I-5 Killer, Randall Woodfield) were written as Andy Stack.
In 2003, Rule published Heart Full of Lies, a book narrating the events of the Liysa Northon murder trial. A lawsuit filed by Northon against Rule and her publishers about the book was dismissed.[3]
In 2008, the Library of America selected Rule’s story "Young Love" from the book Empty Promises for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American true crime writing True Crime: An American Anthology.[4]
Personal life
Rule is a mother of five. Her daughter, Leslie Rule, is also a published author.[5]
References
- ^ "Biography: Ann Rule, A Taste For Crime Investigation". CBS News. July 20, 2001. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/07/20/48hours/murder/main302562.shtml. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ^ a b c d "Ann's Biography (Official Site)". http://www.annrules.com/bio.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
- ^ http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2011/01/18/07-35319.pdf
- ^ "True Crime: An American Anthology: Table of Contents". Literary Classics of the United States. 2008. http://www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=289§ion=toc. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
- ^ Coast to Coast AM, "Ghost Trilogy," Guest, Leslie Rule, May 23, 2007
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