Kieran Crowley (writer)

Kieran Crowley (1949-2016) was an American journalist and New York Times best-selling writer.

He was a longtime contributor at The New York Post,[1][2] specializing in crime reporting.[3] While at the Post, he decoded messages that were sent to the police by a serial killer later identified as Heriberto Seda.[4] He earned a lifetime achievement award in 2014 from the Press Club of Long Island.[5]

Crowley also wrote true crime books and novels, notably a series starring F.X. Shepard, a tabloid news reporter.

He died at the age of 66 from leukemia complications.[3]

Bibliography

Non-fiction

  • Sleep My Little Dead: The True Story of the Zodiac Killer (1997, St. Martin's); about murderer Heriberto Seda
  • Burned Alive (1999, St. Martin's)
  • The Surgeon's Wife (2001, St. Martin's); about murderer Robert Bierenbaum; a New York Times best-seller.[6]
  • Almost Paradise (2005, St. Martin's); about murderer Ted Ammon

Fiction

  • 1787 (2008, Five Star), under the pen name Sean Michael Bailey
  • Hack: An F.X. Shepard novel (2015, Titan Books)
  • Shoot: An F.X. Shepherd novel (2016, Titan Books)

References
  1. Kieran Crowley archive, NYPost.com
  2. Joan Swirsky (2002) Parents' Fear: A Monster in the Playground, The New York Times, March 17, 2002
  3. Veteran New York Post reporter dies at 66, The New York Post, March 13, 2016; accessed 2018-08-08
  4. Crowley, Keiran (2003). Sleep My Little Dead: The True Story of the Zodiac Killer. St Martin's Paperbacks
  5. PCLI Announces Winners of 201 Media Awards
  6. PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: October 7, 2001
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