John Glatt is a British American author with a focus on true crime books and biographies. He was born in London and began his career in journalism at a young age. After leaving school at 16, Glatt worked a series of jobs before joining a small weekly newspaper. He then went on to freelance for several English newspapers and eventually moved to New York in 1981. In New York, he joined the staff of News Limited and began freelancing for various publications including Newsweek and the New York Post.
Glatt's first book, a biography of Bill Graham, was published in 1981. However, it wasn't until 1998 that he published his first true crime book, "For I Have Sinned." Since then, he has established himself as a prolific writer in the true crime genre, with over 25 true crime books and 5 biographies to his name. Some of his most notable works include "Golden Boy Lost and Found," "Secrets in the Cellar," and "Playing with Fire." With millions of books in print worldwide, Glatt is widely recognized as one of the best true crime writers working today.
Glatt has appeared on numerous television and radio programs all over the world, including ABC- 20/20, Dateline NBC, Fox News, Current Affair, BBC World, and A&E Biography. He and his wife Gail, a jewelry designer, divide their time between New York City, the Catskill Mountains, and London.
Non-Fiction Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Rage & Roll
1993
2
Lost In Hollywood
1995
3
River Phoenix: The Biography
1995
4
The Chieftains: The Authorized Biography
1997
5
For I Have Sinned
1998
6
The Royal House of Monaco
1998
7
Evil Twins
1999
8
Cradle of Death
2000
9
Blind Passion
2000
10
Never Leave Me
2006
11
Cries in the Desert
2002
12
Twisted
2003
13
The Doctor's Wife
2007
14
Depraved / Internet Slavemaster
2007
15
One Deadly Night
2005
16
Forgive Me, Father
2008
17
To Have and To Kill
2008
18
Secrets in the Cellar
2009
19
Lost and Found
2010
20
Deadly American Beauty
2007
21
Love Her to Death
2012
22
Live at the Fillmore East and West
2014
23
The Lost Girls
2015
24
My Sweet Angel
2016
25
The Family Next Door
2019
26
Playing With Fire
2010
27
The Perfect Father
2020
28
Golden Boy: A Murder Among the Manhattan Elite
2021
29
The Prince of Paradise
2012
30
The Doomsday Mother
2022
31
Tangled Vines
2023
St. Martin's True Crime Library Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Abandoned Prayers (By: Gregg Olsen)
1990
2
Cruel Deception / Mockingbird (By: Gregg Olsen)
1995
3
Death Cruise (By: Don Davis)
1996
4
Blood Will Tell (By: Carlton Smith)
1996
5
Hot Blood (By: Ken Englade)
1996
6
Seeds of Evil (By: Carlton Smith)
1997
7
Sleep My Little Dead (By: Kieran Crowley)
1997
8
Hush Little Babies (By: Don Davis)
1997
9
The Vampire Killers (By: Clifford L. Linedecker)
1998
10
Death in Texas (By: Carlton Smith)
1999
11
Burned Alive (By: Kieran Crowley)
1999
12
Blood in the Sand (By: Clifford L. Linedecker)
2000
13
The Surgeon's Wife (By: Kieran Crowley)
2001
14
An Early Grave (By: Gary C. King)
2001
15
A Deadly Affair (By: Tom Henderson)
2001
16
Cries in the Desert
2002
17
Death of a Doctor (By: Carlton Smith)
2002
18
Broken Vows (By: Eric Francis)
2002
19
Twisted
2003
20
The Stranger In My Bed (By: Michael Fleeman)
2003
21
Through the Window ( By: Diane Fanning)
2003
22
Angels of Death (By: Gary C. King)
2003
23
Love, Daddy (By: Carlton Smith)
2003
24
Laci (By: Michael Fleeman)
2003
25
Out of Control (By: Steven Long)
2004
26
Into the Water ( By: Diane Fanning)
2004
27
Over the Edge (By: Michael Fleeman)
2004
28
Written in Blood ( By: Diane Fanning)
2005
29
One Deadly Night
2005
30
Deadly Mistress (By: Michael Fleeman)
2005
31
The Officer's Wife (By: Michael Fleeman)
2006
32
Darker Than Night (By: Jonathan Davis, Tom Henderson)
2006
33
If I Die... (By: Michael Fleeman)
2007
34
Deadly American Beauty
2007
35
A Family Cursed (By: Kevin F. McMurray)
2007
36
The Pastor's Wife ( By: Diane Fanning)
2008
37
Perfect Beauty (By: Keith Elliot Greenberg, Vincent Felber)