BIOGRAPHY: Glenn Puit is one of the nation’s most respected journalists, and he’s also the country’s most compelling true crime author. His first book, Witch, is widely regarded as one of the best true crime books ever written. His May 2009 release, Father of the Year, has received similar accolades. Glenn spent 12 years as a lead reporter for Nevada’s largest paper, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he covered violent crime and earned a reputation as one of the West’s best investigative journalists. His greatest journalism accomplishment, the identification of John Doe #2 in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, was recognized in American Journalism Review. Glenn is now a full-time investigative reporter for the Michigan Land Use Institute in Traverse City, Michigan. He will be appearing on the national true crime show, CBS 48 Hours Mysteries, in October.

  On July 8, 2006, Reno critical care nurse Chaz Higgs called 911 to report that his wife wasn’t breathing. His wife, Nevada state controller Kathy Augustine, was one of Nevada’s best-known -- and most notorious -- politicians. She’d made plenty of enemies.

  Chaz was Kathy’s fourth husband. Her third husband had died, leaving Kathy their Las Veags home and a million-dollar life insurance policy. Weeks later, she’d married Chaz, a younger man who’d been her late husband’s nurse.

  Investigators wanted to know why a vibrant, fifty-year-old woman with no history of heart trouble suddenly stopped breathing. One nurse had a theory, and it involved her colleague, Chaz Higgs.

  In bookstores Nov. 3, 2009. Pre-order now on Amazon....

Nevada State Controller Kathy Augustine was one of Nevada’s best known politicians, and she had plenty of enemies. So, when the healthy, vibrant, 50-year-old with no history of heart trouble suddenly stopped breathing, investigators wanted to know why. One nurse had a theory, and it involved Kathy’s husband.

“In Her Prime is another home run for master story teller and prolific author Glenn Puit.”

-- True Crime reviewer Joe Mielke

“I spent a lot of time with Kathy’s family. They are wonderful, kind, people, and I promised them that I would be the one to tell Kathy’s story.”

-- Glenn Puit

Glenn Puit’s May 2009 release, Father of the Year, was received to critical acclaim. His storytelling skills stand out in this book in a big way:

Bill Rundle may have been Las Vegas’s Father of the Year, but after his wife’s corpse was found, the other side of the all-American dad was revealed: a manipulative con man, professional thief, and savage killer whose crimes went back decades. Amazon readers give this book five stars.

“This is a very very well written story by Glenn Puit. Sorry Ann Rule, but your books never brought me to tears, as this one did. Very very sad and tragic story. This book should be at the top of the list.”

-- True Crime reviewer Linda Cirina

Witch is Glenn Puit’s best-selling book to date, and for good reason: it is a book that, uniformly, true crime readers have hailed as a masterpiece. The page turner chronicles the true murder case against Brookey Lee West.

  West, a successful technical writer, was accused of killing her mother in Las Vegas and storing her body in a storage shed. Next to the body were books about witchcraft and Satanism, and when authorities investigated, they learned Brookey’s husband had been murdered in California. She was the prime suspect in that homicide, but never charged, and her brother was missing...

“Puit does a masterful job of unearthing every aspect of the matricide, including a sexually explicit tape West’s nutty mother made to seduce her chiropractor.”

--Tracey Kaplan, San Jose Mercury News.

Glenn Puit is now the undisputed leader in the genre of American true crime. Each of his five national releases are masterful in their detail and storytelling. His simple, direct, just-the-facts journalism style clearly resonates with true crime readers, making Puit the absolute best in the business. His new release, Ghost, documents the terrifying story of quadruple killer John Patrick Addis.

The book is receiving rave reviews. It’s in bookstores now and is distributed internationally by Berkley (New York.)

            Biography

° Lead criminal justice system reporter, Las Vegas Review-Journal (12 years).

° Five national books. Witch, Fire in the Desert, Father of the Year, In Her Prime, Ghost.

° First reporter in the nation to identify John Doe #2 in the Oklahoma City bombing. The accomplishment was featured in American Journalism Review.

° Widely recognized as one of the West’s best investigative reporters. Twice voted Best Print Reporter in Las Vegas.

° At least 30 appearances on national television. Recently a featured narrator on CBS 48 Hours. A regular guest on the Investigation Discovery Network and Snapped! on Oxygen.

° Senior policy specialist and investigative journalist, The Michigan Land Use Institute.

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Fire in the Desert (Stephens) is considered the evidentiary handbook for one of Las Vegas’s most high-profile criminal cases. It is widely regarded as the best book on the murder allegations lodged against American bodybuilder Craig Titus and his fitness champion wife, Kelly Ryan. The book, when published, contained over 22 witness statements that had never been released publicly, making it the go-to manual for the Titus-Ryan crime. Glenn Puit appeared repeatedly on national television during the proceedings, and he is considered the nation’s expert on the prosecution of two of America’s most beloved fitness celebrities.

  “Glenn Puit...has owned this story since Titus and Ryan were returned to Las Vegas to face trial for James' death. Puit reports on numerous contacts and connections between Titus and the man arrested for allegedly trying to have the witnesses against Titus killed.”

-- Richard Abowitz, The Los Angeles Times’ Movable Buffet