An elementary school kid approaches his teacher with a confession: In a trembling voice he says, "I just had a bad thought. The image of a gun crept into my mind. I'm sorry, it will never happen again. Will I be suspended?" The teacher replies: "That depends. Was it an assault weapon?"
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The latest from Jim Fisher. Test your knowledge with the true crime exam at the end of the book!
The Mammoth Book of Murder
200 gripping stories of violent death
Crimson Stain 2013 New and Expanded Edition
Crimson Stain: The Shocking True Story of the Only Amish Man Ever Convicted of Homicide, by Jim Fisher
The GE Mound Case
The GE Mound Case: The Archaeological Disaster and Criminal Persecution of Artifact Collector Art Gerber
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LITERARY QUOTATIONS: GENRE
LITERARY QUOTATIONS: GENRE is a compilation of informative and entertaining quotes by writers, editors, critics, journalists, and literary agents on the subject of literary genre. The quotes also touch on the subjects of craft, creativity, publishing, and the writing life.
Jim's Books and Web Resources
- The Mammoth Book of True Crime: True Stories of Bad Behavior
- The Mammoth Book of Murder: True Stories of Violent Death
- The GE Mound Case: The Archaeological Disaster and Criminal Persecution of Artifact Collector Art Gerber (2013)
- Crimson Stain: Revised and Expanded Edition (2013) Available Now!
- Jim Fisher Official Site
- Criminal Investigation: The Lost Art
- Murder for Hire: An Overview
- The Lindbergh Case (Rutgers, 1987, 1994)
- Fall Guys: False Confessions and the Politics of Murder (Southern Illinois, 1998)
- The Ghosts of Hopewell: Setting the Record Straight in the Lindbergh Case (Southern Illinois, 1999 )
- Crimson Stain: The Shocking True Story of the Only Amish Man Ever Convicted of Homicide (Berkley True Crime, 2000)
- Ten Percent of Nothing: The Case of the Literary Agent from Hell (Southern Illinois, 2004)
- Bookslut Interview with JF on Ten Percent Book
- The Writer's Quotebook: 500 Authors on Creativity, Craft, and the Writing Life (Rutgers, 2006)
- Forensics under Fire: Are Bad Science and Dueling Experts Corrupting Criminal Justice? (Rutgers, 2008)
- Swat Madness and the Militarization of the American Police: A National Dilemma (Praeger, 2010)
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- A graduate of Westminster College (Pennsylvania) and Vanderbilt University Law School, I am the author of twelve non-fiction books on crime, criminal investigation, forensic science, policing, and writing. I have been nominated twice for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allen Poe Award in the Best Fact Crime Category. As a former FBI agent, criminal investigator, author, and professor of criminal justice at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, I have been interviewed numerous times on television and radio and for the print media. For more information about me, please visit my web site at http://jimfisher.edinboro.edu.
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