M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. With 25 years in the true crime space, Phelps has written for numerous publications, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine, and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps
consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics.

A noted expert on serial killers, Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and Stonington, Connecticut. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.

Phelps created, executive produces, and hosts the #1 Apple true-crime podcast franchise Paper Ghosts and Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps, an ongoing, weekly podcast diving deeply into murder, missing people, and unsolved cold case cases rarely covered. Beyond straight-up murder stories, investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps will sometimes interview experts, victims’ family members, killers themselves, and the detectives working cases. Phelps
connects profoundly with families of the missing, murdered, and cold cases, not just because he understands them, but because he is one of them.