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Crime expert, lecturer and investigative journalist M. William Phelps has been authoring nonfiction books since 1999. Phelps has appeared on numerous Court TV shows, The Discovery Channel, Fox News Channel, CN8, ABC's "Good Morning America," The Learning Channel, Biography Channel, History Channel, Montel Williams, Geraldo At Large, USA Radio Network, ABC News Radio and Radio America, who calls him "the nation's leading authority on the mind of the female murderer." He's written for the Providence Journal, Hartford Courant, the New London Day, and published several best-selling history "Shorts" for Amazon.com.

Profiled in such noted publications as Writer's Digest, NY Daily News, Newsday, Albany Times-Union, Hartford Courant, Advance for Nurses magazine, Forensic Nursing, The Globe magazine and NY Post, Phelps has also consulted for the Showtime cable television series "Dexter."

He lives in a small Connecticut farming community with his wife, three children and Labrador. He runs a crime forum at http://www.crimerant.com/ and can also be reached at his author Website, http://www.mwilliamphelps.com/

His latest project, in development with Warner Bros. for a major Hollywood film, is a narrative nonfiction account of American patriot Nathan Hale's life titled, For the Sake of Liberty, a book that will chronicle a period in Hale's life between 1773 and 1776, as told through a variety of primary sources, focusing on the close relationship Hale had with his brother, Enoch, all set against two major battles of the American Revolution.

"I'm delighted to be writing the book for Thomas Dunne Books, with its strong list in history, track record of bestsellers, and working with Mark Laflaur," Phelps says. "I've uncovered a plethora of material about Hale that has yet to be discovered."

Phelps is also currently researching and interviewing people for a book about Edwin Snelgrove, a mild-mannered Hewlett-Packard salesman and Rutgers graduate who was convicted of murdering two women and attacking a third.

With nearly 600,000 copies of his books in print, Phelps's titles include: Perfect Poison, Lethal Guardian, Every Move You Make, Sleep In Heavenly Peace, Murder in the Heartland, Because You Loved Me (fall 2007). His next true crime hardcover, If Looks Could Kill, will be published in the spring of 2008.

Books by M. William Phelps include:

Perfect Poison
Lethal Guardian
Every Move You Make
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Murder in the Heartland (updated paperback due out June 2007)
Because You Loved Me: A Murder in New Hampshire (available fall 2007)
Currently, Phelps is working on If Looks Could Kill: Money, Marriage & Murder Inside Ohio's Social Circle, a book about former Miss Ohio contestant/convicted murderer Cynthia Rohr George.

Also from Phelps are these three Top10 bestselling Amazon.com Shorts:

Amy Archer-Gilligan: Entrepreneur, Caretaker, Serial Killer
City of Ruin: Exploring the Nation's Worst Coal Mining Disaster
Dead People Don't Walk Away: Inside the Real World of Forensic Science with Dr. Henry Lee

Phelps is managed by Peter Miller, President
PMA Literary & Film Management, Inc.
45 West 21st Street, Fourth Floor New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212-929-1222 - Fax: 212-206-0238