Stephen G. Michaud is the author or co-author of 18 books, including Conversations With a Killer, a New York Times best-seller; Dark Dreams, an Edgar finalist and The Only Living Witness, which the New York Daily News has called one of the ten best true crime books ever written. Besides true crime, Michaud writes on a variety of topics, from biography, history and national defense to digital technology. He is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters.