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Robert Graysmith

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September 17, 1942 in Pensacola, Florida, The United States

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Robert Graysmith was born in Pensacola, Florida as Robert Gray Smith. He changed his name to Graysmith in 1976.

Graysmith is a true-crime author of the books Zodiac; Zodiac Unmasked: The Identity of America's Most Elusive Serial Killer; Unabomber: A Desire to Kill; The Sleeping Lady: The Trailside Murders Above the Golden Gate; The Murder of Bob Crane: Who Killed the Star of Hogan's Heroes; The Bell Tower: The Case of Jack the Ripper Finally Solved; Amerithrax: The Hunt for the Anthrax Killer; and The Laughing Gorilla: The True Story of the Hunt for One of America's First Serial Killers

Graysmith has written on the Zodiac Killer case. He first became involved in the case when he was a cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle. In his book S...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 4,202 ratings · 308 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Zodiac 3.76 avg rating — 3,543 ratings — published 1986 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Zodiac Unmasked: The Identity of America's Most Elusive Serial Killers Revealed 3.46 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Auto Focus 3.32 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower. Robert Graysmith 2.45 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Sleeping Lady: The Trailside Murders Above the Golden Gate 3.44 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Bell Tower: The Case of Jack the Ripper Finally Solved... in San Francisco 2.85 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Laughing Gorilla: A True Story of Police Corruption and Murder 3.00 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Unabomber: A Desire to Kill 3.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Amerithrax: The Hunt for the Anthrax Killer 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer--and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — expected publication 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:

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