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Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture at Queens College, the City University of New York. Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of The Serial Killer Files, Fiend, Bestial, Deviant, Deranged, Depraved, and, with David Everitt, The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers. He previously featured Edgar Allan Poe in his acclaimed novels The Mask of Red Death, The Hum Bug, and Nevermore. He lives in New York State.