njla true crime 2011
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Presented at NJLA conference- True Crime, Crime Fiction, Crime Manga(with CL Quillen and Lanora Melillo)TRANSCRIPT
364 with a bullet- true crime,
crime comics and crime fiction
Laverne Mann Lanora MelilloC.L. Quillen
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364 with a bullet- true crime,
crime comics and crime fiction
Laverne Mann Lanora Melillo
True Crime categories--
Mafia, GangsAnn Rule
Family + SeductionPolice + Profilers
Cold CasesHistorical Crime
Classics
New Jersey (To have and to kill, seven Jersey murders)
Mafia, Gangs
Al CaponeJohn GottiLa Cosa
NostraCasino-
Nicholas Pileggi
Tokyo ViceThis is for the Mara SalvatruchaAngels of Death: Inside the biker gang’s
global crime empire – J SherHell’s Angel – R BergerPaddy Whacked: The untold story of the
Irish American GangsterHavana Nocturne – TJ EnglishGomorrah (Naples) – R. SavianoThe Good Rat- Jimmy BreslinUnderboss – P Maas
Ann Rule
Family, SeductionShattered: a mother’s love, a husband’s betrayal, and
a cold blooded Texas murder
Angel Face: The true story of student killer Amanda Knox
A date with death: The secret life of the ‘craigslist’ killer
Cold as ice: a true story of murder, disappearance, and the multiple lives of Drew Peterson
LJ bestsellers True Crime 2010
• Cruel DoubtJoe
McGuiness
Police, Profilers
• FBI profilers• John Douglas• John Walsh• Dr. Bill Bass (Body Farm)• The Killer of Little Shepards• Three weeks inside the mind
of BTK
• Prison, punishment 365
Cold Cases
Zodiac KillerJon Benet RamseyNatalee HollowayBob CraneThe Murder Room
Historical Crime
• Jack the Ripper• Lindbergh Baby
The Case that never dies
• Conspiracy theories!
• The Killer of Little Shepards• Manhunt: The twelve day chase
for Lincoln’s killer• Devil in the White City• Black Dahlia
2011 Edgar AwardsBest Fact Crime
Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime and Complicity
by Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry
The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in Jim Crow South by Alex Heard
Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery by Scott Higham and Sari Horwitz
Hellhound on his Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr and the International Hunt for his Assassin
by Hampton Sides
The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science by Douglas Starr
Underrated…
Strange piece of paradiseTerri Jentz
A rip in heaven Jeanine CumminsLucky
Alice Sebold
NoveList
• Crimelibrary.com• www.mafianj.com• www.americanmafia.com• Mysterywriters.org• Truecrimereport.com• Truecrimebookreviews.com
Crime Manga
Lanora Mellilo, Secaucus Public Library
Crime FictionC.L. Quillen,
Old Bridge Public Library
Crime Comics
Genre: American comic books Originally popular in 1940s, 1950sMoralistic tone and graphic depictions of violence, criminal activity
CRIME COMICS
Detective ComicsBatmanBatwoman
Ed Brubaker: SleeperCriminalGotham CentralIncognito
Brian Azzarello:100 Bullets
Brian Michael Bendis:Powers
Frank Miller:Sin City
A treasury of Victorian murder Rick Geary
Graphic Nonfiction:
Jack the Ripper Lindbergh ChildBorden TragedyThe Beast of Chicago
For more information about graphic novel collection developmentin libraries, please visit theNJ State Library GN wiki at:
Comicsnj.pbworks.com
Workshop Presenter MaterialsCore Collection Lists
comics & graphic novel news sourcesPictures of graphic novels in libraries
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