Ann Rule | |
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 Rule in 1980 | |
| Born | Ann Rae Stackhouse October 22, 1931 Lowell, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | July 26, 2015 (aged 83) Burien, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Subject | True crime |
| Notable works | The Stranger Beside Me Small Sacrifices |
| Children | 4, including Leslie Rule |
| Website | |
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Ann Rae Rule (née Stackhouse; October 22, 1931 – July 26, 2015) was an American author of true crime books and articles. She is best known for The Stranger Beside Me (1980), about the serial killer Ted Bundy, with whom Rule worked and whom she considered a friend, but was later revealed to be a murderer. Rule wrote over 30 true crime books, including Small Sacrifices, about Oregon child murderer Diane Downs. Many of Rule's books center on murder cases that occurred in the Pacific Northwest and her adopted home state of Washington.[1]
- ^ "Biography: Ann Rule, A Taste For Crime Investigation". CBS News. July 20, 2001. Archived from the original on January 6, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2008.