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Ron Franscell

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January 29, 1957 in The United States

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http://www.ronfranscell.com

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Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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April 2008

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A lifelong journalist, Ron Franscell is the bestselling author of 8 books.

Over the years, Ron's books have earned high praise from bestselling authors such as Ann Rule, John Lescroart, Vincent Bugliosi, C.J. Box, Howard Frank Mosher, and Warren Adler. His writing has been compared to Truman Capote, Robert Olen Butler, Norman McLean, Cormac McCarthy and Charles Frazier. Now, meet the author, who now lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Two new books hit the shelf in Fall 2011. THE SOURTOE COCKTAIL CLUB (October) is the true story of an extraordinary -- if slightly macabre -- road trip with his teenage son to the Yukon in search of a mummified human toe .. and a father's reassurance that he hasn't become irrelevant to his son.

THE CRIME BUFF'S GUIDE T...more A lifelong journalist, Ron Franscell is the bestselling author of 8 books.

Over the years, Ron's books have earned high praise from bestselling authors such as Ann Rule, John Lescroart, Vincent Bugliosi, C.J. Box, Howard Frank Mosher, and Warren Adler. His writing has been compared to Truman Capote, Robert Olen Butler, Norman McLean, Cormac McCarthy and Charles Frazier. Now, meet the author, who now lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Two new books hit the shelf in Fall 2011. THE SOURTOE COCKTAIL CLUB (October) is the true story of an extraordinary -- if slightly macabre -- road trip with his teenage son to the Yukon in search of a mummified human toe .. and a father's reassurance that he hasn't become irrelevant to his son.

THE CRIME BUFF'S GUIDE TO THE OUTLAW ROCKIES (September) is a quirky travel guide that takes true-crime and history travelers to some 400 outlaw- and crime-related sites all over Wyoming and Colorado, Ron's home states (a follow-up to OUTLAW TEXAS and a precursor to OUTLAW DC).

His debut novel, ANGEL FIRE, was published by Laughing Owl in 1998, and reprinted by Berkley (Penguin/Putnam) in 2000. His popular mystery, THE DEADLINE, was published in 1999, followed by a sequel, THE OBITUARY. His book reviews and essays are regularly published in many of America's biggest and best newspapers, such as the Washington Post, Chicago Sun-Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Denver Post, San Jose Mercury-News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and others.

And THE DARKEST NIGHT (also titled FALL in a 2007 hardcover) continues to be a bestselling true crime. This intensely personal nonfiction about a monstrous crime that touched his life as a child has been hailed by authors such as Ann Rule and Vincent Bugliosi, as well as critics, as a direct literary descendant of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood."

DELIVERED FROM EVIL (2011) explores the entangled lives of mass-murderers and their victims, tracing the lives of 10 ordinary people who survived some of America's worst massacres. Auspiciously, it debuted on the day a deranged young gunman killed six and wounded 13 at a Tucson supermarket in one of the most shocking crimes of our day. (less)

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Average rating: 3.93 · 290 ratings · 45 reviews · 11 distinct works

	The Darkest Night: The Murder of Innocence in a Small Town 3.79 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Delivered from Evil: True Stories of Ordinary People Who Faced Monstrous Mass Killers and Survived 3.71 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Angel Fire 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Sourtoe Cocktail Club: The Yukon Odyssey of a Father and Son in Search of a Mummified Human Toe ... and Everything Else 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Texas 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Deadline: A Mystery 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Crime Buff's Guide to the Outlaw Rockies 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	The Obituary: A Winchester Bullet Mystery 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Washington, DC 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2012	My rating:
	Crime Buff's Guide to the Outlaw Rockies 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	My rating:

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Excerpt: THE DARKEST NIGHT, Chapter 1 (Nonfiction)

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Description: Opening of author and journalist Ron Franscell's atmospheric true crime/memoir about an abduction, rape and murder of two childhood friends, and its profound impact on his small hometown

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Ron Franscell liked Jim Thomsen's review of The Obituary: " A first-rate mystery, with literary heft lifting up the crackling craft to heights rarely touched by genre novels ... and almost never by self-published fare. Franscell, a Wyoming native, clearly knows the territory in this second tale in a series... " Read more of this review »
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