The True Crime Website of
Author Gary C. King


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Gary C. King, with hat, sitting on his brother Don's lap. Don blinked.

Gary C. King, right, with his mother, on a night at the county fair after receiving his first royalty check.

Gary C. King, left, with his father, at about the time he began his writing career.

Gary C. King (the little guy sitting next to his mother) on a visit with the family to his grandfather's house in the Missouri Ozarks. That's his dad clowning around with the hat.

Gary C. King, relaxing at home at around age 13. Kind of a nerdy-looking guy.

Gary C. King at Niagara Falls, New York, while serving in the U.S. Air Force.

Photos, etc.

Left to right: Alva Busch, Susan Crawford, Gary C. King, Ann Rule, Don Lasseter, and Gera-Lind Kolarik, at Bouchercon 25 in Seattle, 1994.

Gary C. King on the Big Island of Hawaii, August 2006.



Gary C. King on Hawaii, the Big Island.


Gary C. King waiting to get rained on at Versailles in July 2006.


Gary C. King, resting again, this time in Pau, France, June 2006.

This is a great bookstore in Paris, France.

Gary C. King resting a bit after searching for the remains of Mary Magdalen at The Louvre. They weren't there. So much for The Da Vinci Code!

Gary C. King in Paris, July 2006.

Gary C. King having a Mozart moment a long time ago.

Gary C. King, circ. Blood Lust: Portrait of a Serial Sex Killer (1992), King's first true crime book.



Selected Works

Love, Lies, and Murder
The true story of an affluent couple who seemed to have it all--great careers, wonderful children, and a beautiful home--until a moment of anger turned to rage and murder.
STOLEN IN THE NIGHT: The True Story of a Family's Murder, a Kidnapping, and the Child Who Survived
This is a true story that details the Shasta and Dylan Groene case perpetrated by Joseph Edward Duncan III.
Blind Rage
"Gut-wrenching and gripping...Solid, absorbing true crime."--Clark Howard, author of LOVE'S BLOOD
Driven to Kill
"The first complete book about Westley Allan Dodd's short but destructive career...a thorough, thoughtful, and unforgettable account of a profoundly disturbing case of pedophilia and murder." --Inside Detective magazine. "Horrific...this story will leave you gasping."--Jack Olsen, bestselling author of Salt of the Earth and Hastened to the Grave.
Blood Lust: Portrait of a Serial Sex Killer
"Effective account of the worst serial killer in Oregon's history." --Publishers Weekly. "Writer Gary C. King knows the dark side of the Pacific Northwest as well as anybody...an unflinching account of one of the most vicious reigns of terror by one of the sickest psychopathds in the annals of crime."--Official Detective magazine.



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