Jack Olsen is the author of thirty-three books, published in fifteen countries. Olsenโs journalism earned the National Headliners Award, Chicago Newspaper Guildโs Page One Award, commendations from Columbia and Indiana Universities, the Washington State Governorโs Award, the Scripps-Howard Award as well as other honors. Olsen was described as โthe dean of true crime authorsโ by the Washington Post and the New York Daily News and โthe master of true crimeโ by the Detroit Free Press and Newsday. Publishers Weekly called him โthe best true crime writer around.โ His studies of crime are required reading in university criminology courses. In a page-one review, the New York Times described his work as โa genuine contribution to criminology and journalism alike.โ Olsen is a two-time winner in the Best Fact Crime category of the Mystery Writerโs of America, Edgar award.