Ann Rule

True crime writer

Ann Rule (born 22 October 1931, in Lowell, Michigan; died 26 Julie 2015) wis an American true creeme writer whose notable wirks include A Stranger Beside Me, aboot serial killer an umwhile Samaritans co-wirker Ted Bundy, an Small Sacrifices, aboot bairn murtherer Diane Downs.[1]

Ann Rule
BornAnn Stackhouse
22 October 1931(1931-10-22)
Lowell, Michigan, Unitit States
Dee'dJulie 26, 2015 (aged 83)
ThriftWriter
SubjectTrue creeme
Notable warksThe Stranger Beside Me
Small Sacrifices
Wabsteid
http://www.annrules.com/

Early life and education eedit

Rule wis ane of twa childer born tae Chester R. Stackhouse an Sophie Hansen. Her mither wis a teacher, specializing in developmentally disabled childer, an her faither wis a sports coach.[2] Members of Rule's faimily haed careers in law enforcement. Her grandfaither an uncle war sheriffs in Michigan, anither uncle wis a medical examiner, an a cousin wis a prosecutor. Rule spent her summers wi her grandparents daein volunteer wirk in the local jyle.[2]

Rule graduated frae Coatesville High School an then attended the University of Washington. She majored in creative writing, wi minors in criminology, penology an psychology. She extendit her eddication for twa mair years at Highline Community College bi takkin criminology courses.[2]

Career eedit

Early in her career, Rule wrote for several publications geared for weemen. Beginnin in 1969, she wrote for the magazine True Detective unner the nom de plume "Andy Stack" when she first stairtit writin for the magazine.[2][3]

Her first beuk wis The Stranger Beside Me, which she wrote unner her awn name. Her next three beuks (The Lust Killer, Jerry Brudos; The Want-Ad Killer, Harvey Carignan; an The I-5 Killer aboot Randall Woodfield) wur written as Andy Stack.

In 2003, Rule's publisher released Heart Full of Lies, a beuk narratin the events o the Liysa Northon murther trial. A defamation lawsuit filed bi Northon against Rule an her publishers wis ultimately dismissed in Januar 2011 bi the 9t Circuit Court of Appeals.[4] Northon wis released frae preeson in October 2012 twal years efter killin her husband.[5]

In 2008, the Library of America selectit Rule’s story "Young Love" frae the beuk Empty Promises for inclusion in its twa-century retrospective o American true creeme writin, True Crime: An American Anthology.[6]

In Aprile 2012, "48 Hours Mystery" covered Rule's successfu effort tae help a mither pruive her dochter's 1998 daith wis murther. The resultin beuk wis In the Still of the Night.[7]

Personal life eedit

Rule is a mither o five. Her dochter, Leslie Rule, is a author an aw.[8]

References eedit

  1. "Biography: Ann Rule, A Taste For Crime Investigation". CBS News. 20 Julie 2001. Archived frae the original on 22 Julie 2012. Retrieved 5 Mairch 2008. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. a b c d "Ann's Biography (Official Site)". Archived frae the original on 20 Mey 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  3. TruTV Crime Library, "Ann Rule: Revealing the Strangers Beside Us"
  4. "Courthouse News Service, "Ann Rule Awarded Costs in Anti-SLAPP Decision," January 18, 2011". Archived frae the original on 2 Juin 2013. Retrieved 10 Januar 2013.
  5. "Liysa Northon, featured in Ann Rule's 'Heart Full of Lies,' to get out of prison Tuesday". The Oregonian. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  6. "True Crime: An American Anthology: Table of Contents". Literary Classics of the United States. 2008. Retrieved 24 Julie 2011.
  7. CBS, "48 Hours Mystery," "Author Ann Rule helps mother search for truth," April 21, 2012
  8. Coast to Coast AM, "Ghost Trilogy," Guest, Leslie Rule, May 23, 2007

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