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Ann Rule

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Comment of the Day: True-Crime Writer Ann (Does Not) Rule

    So it seems Seattle's Ann Rule, the country's most prolific true-crime writer, is on to a new book -- this one unearthing the unfathomable reasons as to what drove Josh Powell to immolate himself and his two sons in a fiery blaze Feb. 5. The disappearance of wife Susan Cox Powell will also be a key ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    True-Crime Writer Ann Rule Plans Book on Josh Powell Murders

    ​At 76, and after more than 20 published books, all things morbid continue to fascinate Seattle's own Ann Rule, America's most prolific true-crime writer. She's now decided to tackle the subject of Josh Powell and the horrific story of how he came to kill himself and his two small boys in a ga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    What Rick Swart Failed to Tell Us About This Week's Cover Story (UPDATE)

    ​This week's cover story, written by Rick Swart, is about true-crime author Ann Rule, and the facts he claims she didn't get right in her book Heart Full of Lies, an account of the 2000 shooting death of Oregon pilot Chris Northon. In Swart's telling, Northon's wife Liysa, who is currently ser ... More >>

  • News

    July 20, 2011

    Ann Rule's Sloppy Storytelling

    How Seattle's Queen of True Crime turned a battered woman into a killer sociopath.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Incoming Lewis County Coroner Starts Out Term With Reversal of Suicide Ruling in Infamous Ronda Reynolds Case

    ​Lewis County's old coroner, Terry Wilson, was known by many as somewhat of an an insufferable screw-up. And when the two guys trying to replace him were running for election last year, both said they'd reverse his most controversial ruling as soon as they took office. Now, two days into Warre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Ann Rule's Diane Downs Sequel: The Daughter

    Diane today, a downer​Seattle crime writer Ann Rule has been polling visitors to her web site whether she should follow up one of her most successful books, about Oregon child-killer Diane Downs, with a book about the child Downs gave birth to after her murder conviction. Part of the story of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 5, 2008

    Third Place Books 10th Anniversary

    Diane today, a downer​Seattle crime writer Ann Rule has been polling visitors to her web site whether she should follow up one of her most successful books, about Oregon child-killer Diane Downs, with a book about the child Downs gave birth to after her murder conviction. Part of the story of ... More >>

  • Arts

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    March 29, 2006

    Local Authorpalooza!

    Read enough about Alexie, Raban, Guterson, and Robbins? Beyond the usual suspects, the Northwest has a diverse array of authors working in all quarters and genres.

  • News

    March 1, 2006

    The 'Jewish' Con

    Incarcerated gang members and murderers here and elsewhere are abusing freedom of religion to get special treatment.

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    August 24, 2005

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    October 30, 2002

    Surreal Serial

    The Pacific Northwest and multiple murderers.

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    August 22, 2001

    Books

    The Pacific Northwest and multiple murderers.

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    May 2, 2001

    18 Seattle books

    The Pacific Northwest and multiple murderers.

  • News

    September 6, 2000

    Book picks

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  • Arts

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