Lisa Pulitzer | |
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Born | 1964 |
Occupation | Author and journalist |
Spouse(s) | Douglas Love |
Website | pulitzerandthompson |
Lisa Pulitzer (born c. 1964) is an American author and journalist. Pulitzer is a former correspondent for The New York Times newspaper. She is the author of over 15 books, specializing in writing the biographies of people who have escaped from cults, religions and cultlike organizations. In addition to her own books, Pulitzer works as a ghostwriter and co-author and has written the memoirs of several people who escaped fundamentalist religion including Jenna Miscavige Hill the former Scientologist, Lauren Drain the ex-member of Westboro Baptist Church and Elissa Wall who wrote about her experiences after leaving the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She left journalism in 1998 while pregnant to concentrate on writing books and has had several publications on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Crossing the Line: The True Story of Long Island Serial Killer Joel Rifkin
Her first book, released in 1994 by Berkley Books, is a non-fiction book about serial killer Joel Rifkin and was co-authored with New York Times correspondent Joan Swirsky. It investigated serial killer Rifkin and the crimes he confessed to committing.
Crime on Deadline
Released in 1996 by Boulevard Books, her second book is an anthology of true crime stories and has an introduction by author Edna Buchanan.
A Woman Scorned: The Shocking Real-Life Case of Billionairess Killer Susan Cummings
Released in March 1999 by publishers St. Martin's True Crime, the book examines the story of Susan Cummings, a billionairess who was tried for the murder of her lover Roberto in 1997 and convicted of voluntary manslaughter.