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David Stout

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Erie, The United States

gender

male

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History, Nonfiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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David Stout (b. 1942) is an accomplished reporter who has been writing mysteries and true crime since the 1980s. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, Stout took a job at the New York Times in 1982. He spent nearly twenty-eight years at the newspaper, as a reporter, editor and rewrite man covering national news and sports, and retired in 2009.

Stout began writing his first novel while working at the Times. Based on the true story of a 1940s double-murder for which fourteen year-old George Stinney was controversially executed, Carolina Skeletons (1988) won Stout an Edgar award for best first novel. After two more well-received mysteries, Night Of The Ice Storm (1991) and The Dog Hermit (1993), Stout turned to writing non-fiction. Night Of The Devil (20...more

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Books by David Stout

Average rating: 3.91 · 628 ratings · 41 reviews · 13 distinct works

	The Boy in the Box: The Unsolved Case of America's Unknown Child 3.77 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Carolina Skeletons 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Night of the Ice Storm 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Night of the Devil: The Untold Story of Thomas Trantino and the Angel Lounge Killings 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	The Dog Hermit 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Hell Gate by David Stout, Ruth Furie 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Right to Die by Rex Stout, David Stout (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 608 ratings — published 1965 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis by Edward Blocher, David Stout, Gary Cokins 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Cases & Readings to accompany Cost Management by Edward Blocher, David Stout, Gary Cokins 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Study Guide for Use with Cost Management Fourth Edition: A Strategic Emphasis by Roger K. Doost (Preparation), David Stout, Gary Cokins 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	My rating: