Ann Rule

Ann Rule
Rule in 1980
Rule in 1980
BornAnn Rae Stackhouse
October 22, 1931
Lowell, Michigan, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 2015(2015-07-26) (aged 83)
Burien, Washington, U.S.
OccupationWriter
SubjectTrue crime
Notable worksThe Stranger Beside Me
Small Sacrifices
Children4, including Leslie Rule
Website
authorannrule.com

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]

  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.