Caitlin Rother

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Caitlin Rother
Born (1962-12-06) December 6, 1962 (age 61)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation
Nationality Canadian
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
Northwestern University
Period1987-present
Genre Non-fiction, fiction
Subject True crime, biography
Notable works Lost Girls
My Life, Deleted
Website
www.caitlinrother.com

Caitlin Rother (born December 6, 1962) is a New York Times bestselling non-fiction, true crime American-Canadian author and journalist who lives in San Diego, California.

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Early life and education

As a toddler, her family relocated from Quebec, Canada to California, where she attended La Jolla High School. In 1984, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1987, she graduated with a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Career

In the late 1980s, she wrote for The Berkshire Eagle and the Springfield Union-News in Massachusetts. She returned to California and worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News after freelancing for a year for the Los Angeles Times . In 1993, the The San Diego Union-Tribune hired her on as a metro news and investigative reporter. She left the paper in 2006 to write full-time as an author. [1]

In 2005, her book Poisoned Love about Kristin Rossum's murder of her husband, Greg de Villers, was released by Pinnacle Books in 2005. [2] The publication was updated in 2011.

Rother co-authored the memoir of Scott Bolzan, a former NFL player, titled My Life, Deleted about how Bolzan rebuilt his life after suffering permanent retrograde amnesia. The book, released by HarperCollins in October 2011, made the New York Times bestseller list for two weeks on October 23, 2011 at #16 for ebooks non-fiction [3] and #29 for combined hardcover and ebooks non-fiction, [4] and on October 30 at #29 for combined hardcover and ebooks non-fiction. [5] [6] The book was included in "Seven of Lisa Ann Walter’s favorites" in the New York Times alongside a Stephen King title in January 2023. [7]

In July 2012, Rother wrote the book Lost Girls about convicted killer and sexual predator John Albert Gardner and his motivation for murdering San Diego-area teenagers Chelsea King and Amber Dubois. It was released by Kensington Books. [8]

Rother’s book, Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case, about the mysterious 2011 death of Rebecca Zahau, was published in April 2021 by Kensington Books under its Citadel Press imprint. [9]

In November 2021, the film and TV rights to Death on Ocean Boulevard were acquired by Untitled Entertainment and early production began on a limited series based on the book. Rother serves as an executive producer on the project. [10]

Rother teaches creative non-fiction and creative writing part-time at the University of California, San Diego's extension program.[ citation needed ]

Appearances

She has appeared on national television and radio shows, including Nancy Grace , [11] Investigation Discovery channel, Oxygen network's Snapped , On the Record with Greta Van Susteren , and the "Jay Thomas Show" and "America at Night" radio programs.

Books

Non-fiction

Fiction

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