Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

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'Fearless and fierce ... a story that transcends a crime story to be a story that threatens social order' - Michael Connelly

Jillian Lauren set out to research a serial killer for her novel. Instead, she put one at the centre of her life.

After an interview with LAPD detective Mitzi Roberts, Lauren became obsessed with murderer Samuel Little. Following months of exchanging letters with him in prison, Lauren finally got a face-to-face meeting. In the hundreds of hours of interviews that followed, Little confessed to dozens more killings for the first time. Lauren knew this harrowing relationship was taking its toll, both psychologically and legally - but she couldn't stop.

This book delivers a disturbing and terrifyingly up-close window into the mind of a serial killer - and ultimately shines a light on the lives of those he murdered. Lauren has shared history with the vulnerable women (often drug addicts or sex workers) he preyed upon and had unparalleled access to Little before he died, resulting in an extraordinary true crime account - a haunting parallel story of killer, author and victims, the journey into a disturbing mind and a murderer that shocked the world.

Author Bio

Jillian Lauren is the New York Times bestselling author of the memoirs EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED and SOME GIRLS: MY LIFE IN A HAREM, as well as the novel PRETTY. She has an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University and her writing has appeared in THE PARIS REVIEW, THE NEW YORK TIMES, VANITY FAIR, ELLE, THE RUMPUS, THE DAILY BEAST and others. In addition to being a regular storyteller at The Moth and a Tedx speaker, her work has been widely anthologised including THE MOTH ANTHOLOGY and TRUE TALES OF LUST AND LOVE.