Cries in the Desert (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
English-born John Glatt is the author ofLost and Found,Secrets in the Cellar,Playing with Fire, and many other bestselling books of true crime. He has more than 30 years of experience as an investigative journalist in England and America. Glatt left school at 16 and worked a variety of jobs—including tea boy and messenger—before joining a small weekly newspaper. He freelanced at several English newspapers, then in 1981 moved to New York, where he joined the staff for News Limited and freelanced for publications includingNewsweekand theNew York Post. His first book, a biography of Billy Graham, was published in 1981, and he publishedFor I Have Sinned, his first book of true crime, in 1998. He has appeared on television and radio programs all over the world, includingDateline NBC, Fox News,A Current Affair, BBC World News, and A&EBiography. He and his wife Gail divide their time between New York City, the Catskill Mountains and London.