Texas Authors Writing True Crime

Two Texas journalists pull back the curtain on the crimes that haunt us and the storytellers who chase the truth. In Killer Story, Claire St. Amant recounts her experience reporting for CBS true crime shows — reflecting on the challenges of covering high-stakes cases and the ethical questions behind telling real-life horror stories. In The Sinners All Bow, Kate Winkler Dawson reopens a 19th-century murder case that inspired The Scarlet Letter, uncovering the gaps Victorian writer Catharine Williams left behind and revealing a shocking narrative that history nearly erased.