Ann Rule was a popular American true crime writer. Raised in a law enforcement and criminal justice system environment, she grew up wanting to work in law enforcement herself. She was a former Seattle Policewoman and was well educated in psychology and criminology. She came to prominence with her first book, The Stranger Beside Me, about the Ted Bundy murders. At the time she started researching the book, the murders were still unsolved. In the course of time, it became clear that the killer was Bundy, her friend and her colleague as a trained volunteer on the suicide hotline at the Seattle, Washington Crisis Clinic, giving her a unique distinction among true crime writers. Rule won two Anthony Awards from Bouchercon, the mystery fans' organization. She was nominated three times for the Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. She is highly regarded for creating the true crime genre as it exists today. Ann Rule also wrote under the name Andy Stack . Her daughter is Goodreads author Leslie Rule.
Series
Books
The Want-Ad Killer
1983
But I Trusted You and Other True Cases
2009
Practice to Deceive
2013
The I-5 Killer
1984
And Never Let Her Go
Thomas Capano: The Deadly Seducer
1999
In the Name of Love and Other True Cases
1998
Don't Look Behind You and Other True Cases
2011
Lust Killer
1983
Beautiful America's Seattle
1987
Heart Full of Lies
A True Story of Desire and Death
2003
You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases
1994
Small Sacrifices
1987
A Rage to Kill
And Other True Cases
1999
If You Really Loved Me
1991
The End of the Dream
The Golden Boy Who Never Grew Up and Other True Cases
1998
Everything She Ever Wanted
1992
True crime archives
vol 1:including danger in the dorm
2025
A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases
1993
Empty Promises and Other True Cases
2001
Possession
1981
A Fever in the Heart
And Other True Cases
1996
The Stranger Beside Me
1980
Green River, Running Red
The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer
2004
Lying in Wait and Other True Cases
2014
On a tué mes enfants
2021
Too Late to Say Goodbye
A True Story of Murder and Betrayal
2007
Bitter Harvest
1997
Three Classic Volumes from The Crime Files of Ann Rule
A Rose for Her Grave/You Belong to Me/Fever in the Heart
1997
No Regrets and Other True Cases
2006
Dead By Sunset
Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer?
1995
Mortal Danger and Other True Cases
2008
Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered / The Stranger Beside Me / I'll Be Gone in the Dark
2025
Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases
2012
Danger In The Dorm
2012
In the Still of the Night
The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds and Her Mother's Unceasing Quest for the Truth
2010
Every Breath You Take
A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder
2000
Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder
And Other True Cases
2007
Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases
2004
Last Dance, Last Chance and Other True Cases
2001
Worth More Dead and Other True Cases
2005
Without Pity
Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers
2003
