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Caitlin Rother (born December 6, 1962) is a New York Times bestselling non-fiction, true crime American-Canadian author and journalist who lives in San Diego, California. Early life and education As a toddler, her family relocated from Quebec, Canada, to California, where she attended La Jolla High School. In 1984, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1987, she graduated with a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Career In the late 1980s, she wrote for The Berkshire Eagle and the Springfield Union-News in Massachusetts. She returned to California and worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News after freelancing for a year for the Los Angeles Times. In 1993, the The San Diego Union-Tribune hired her on as a metro news and investigative reporter. She left the paper in 2006 to write full-time as an author. In 2005, her book Poisoned Love about Kristin Rossum's murder of her husband, Greg de Villers, was released by Pinnacle Books in 2005. The publication was updated in 2011. Rother co-authored the memoir of Scott Bolzan, a former NFL player, titled My Life, Deleted about how Bolzan rebuilt his life after suffering permanent retrograde amnesia. The book, released by HarperCollins in October 2011, made the New York Times bestseller list for two weeks on October 23, 2011 at #16 for ebooks non-fiction and #29 for combined hardcover and ebooks non-fiction, and on October 30 at #29 for combined hardcover and ebooks non-fiction. The book was included in "Seven of Lisa Ann Walter’s favorites" in the New York Times alongside a Stephen King title in January 2023. In July 2012, Rother wrote the book Lost Girls about convicted killer and sexual predator John Albert Gardner and his motivation for murdering San Diego-area teenagers Chelsea King and Amber Dubois. It was released by Kensington Books. Rother’s book, Death on Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case, about the mysterious 2011 death of Rebecca Zahau, was published in April 2021 by Kensington Books under its Citadel Press imprint. In November 2021, the film and TV rights to Death on Ocean Boulevard were acquired by Untitled Entertainment and early production began on a limited series based on the book. Rother serves as an executive producer on the project. Rother teaches creative non-fiction and creative writing part-time at the University of California, San Diego's extension program. Appearances She has appeared on national television and radio shows, including Nancy Grace, Investigation Discovery channel, Oxygen network's Snapped, On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, and the "Jay Thomas Show" and "America at Night" radio programs. Books Non-fiction Death On Ocean Boulevard: Inside the Coronado Mansion Case (April 2021) (ISBN 978-0806540894) I'll Take Care of You (January 2014) (ISBN 978-0786032556) Lost Girls (July 2012) (ISBN 978-0786022182) My Life Deleted (Oct 2011) (ISBN 978-0062025470) Deadly Devotion/Where Hope Begins (July 2011) (ISBN 978-1439131510) Dead Reckoning (Feb 2011) (ISBN 978-0786022175) Twisted Triangle (April 2009) (ISBN 978-0470442517) Body Parts (March 2009) (ISBN 978-0786019540) Poisoned Love (July 2005) (ISBN 978-0786022199) Then No One Can Have Her (October 2015) Fiction Naked Addiction (Nov 2007) (ISBN 978-0843959956) References External links Author's official site Caitlin Rother at IMDb Appearances on C-SPAN. Discover the Caitlin Rother popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Caitlin Rother books.