Teresa Carpenter

Teresa Carpenter is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and journalist known for her non-fiction works on true crime and women's lives in extraordinary circumstances. A former senior editor at the Village Voice, she earned the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her articles on crime and the law. Her notable books include the New York Times bestsellers Missing Beauty, Without a Doubt (with Marcia Clark), and The Miss Stone Affair.[1][2][3]

Independence, Missouri, U.S. Aug 1, 1948 Wikipedia Website
Non-fiction True crime