New Book: Killer Story: The Truth Behind True Crime Television, by Claire St. Amant (Ukraine 2008-09)
Claire contacted us when she saw our post on The Authors Show and she’s signed up to learn more about the interview and book review opportunities. Her debut memoir comes out February 18, 2025. You can follow a journalist and TV producer from 48 Hours and 60 Minutes as she carves out a career in the ruthless, knives-out world of true crime television . . . one killer story at a time.
Serial killers. Homicidal spouses. Sociopathic criminals. Claire St. Amant has met them all. She spent nearly a decade in network television chasing the biggest true crime stories in the country, including the murder of Chris Kyle, plastic-surgeon-turned-murder-for-hire suspect Thomas Michael Dixon, the Parkland high school mass shooting, the disappearance of Christina Morris, and serial killer Samuel Little.
In Killer Story, readers will learn what it really takes to get these gripping cases on the air with insights such as how it feels to share space with a dead-eyed murderer, which TV show has a reputation for “eating their young,” and why journalists are always racing against the clock – and competitor sabotage. Bringing a true crime story to network television requires quick thinking and tenacious stamina, and in her debut memoir, Claire offers true crime fans a rare in-depth look from the other side of the yellow tape.
Claire St. Amant developed and produced crime stories for CBS News for nearly a decade. Her credits include 48 Hours, 60 Minutes, CBS This Morning, and the CBS Evening News. In 2021, she launched the investigative podcast Final Days on Earth with Claire St. Amant. A returned Peace Corps Volunteer with eclectic tastes, she is always on the hunt for her next adventure. She is currently a visiting Radford Professor at Baylor University where she teaches her students about podcasts among other things. Her investigative podcast is called “Final Days on Earth.” Her debut memoir “Killer Story: The Truth Behind True Crime Television,” comes out in 2025 from BenBella Books and is distributed by Simon & Schuster.
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