True Crime One-On-One: Mitzi Szereto and "The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers" 

Posted by Eric Renderking Fisk | April 1st, 2020

Mitzi Szereto talks about the writing and editing process for True Crime authors and editors. We also talk about the wonderful True Crime community and how so many fans work hard as armchair detectives, how social media and streaming services have helped and hurt the genre, and what makes for a great, credible True Crime Story.

We talk about her book that kept me up many nights, and it’s follow-up "The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns." 

About "The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers" 

#1 New Release in Forensic Psychology ― Serial Killer? Your Neighbor, Friend, Even Your Spouse?

Serial killers: Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer are often the first names that spring to mind. Many people assume serial killers are primarily an American phenomenon that came about in the latter part of the twentieth century. But such assumptions are far from the truth. Serial killers have been around for a very long time and can be found in every corner of the globe―and they’re not just limited to the male gender either. Some of these predators have been caught and brought to justice whereas others have never been found, let alone identified. Serial killers can be anywhere. And scarier still, they can be anyone.

Edited by acclaimed author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto, The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killersreveals all-new accounts of true crime serial killers from the contemporary to the historic. The international list of contributors includes award-winning crime writers, true-crime podcasters, journalists, and experts in the dark crimes field such as Martin Edwards, Lee Mellor, Danuta Kot, Craig Pittman, Richard O Jones, Marcie Rendon, Mike Browne, and Vicki Hendricks.

If you are a fan of true crime books such as I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Mindhunter, The Devil in the White City, or Peter Vronsky’s Sons of Cain; you will want to read Mitzi Szereto’s The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers. This book will leave you wondering if it’s ever really possible to know who’s behind the mask you’re allowed to see.

About Mitzi Szereto

MITZI SZERETO is a bestselling author and anthology editor of multi-genre fiction and non-fiction. She also has her own blog "Errant Ramblings: Mitzi Szereto's Weblog," and is the creator/presenter of the Web TV channel "Mitzi TV," which covers the "quirky" side of London, England. Her books include "The Best New True Crime Stories: Serial Killers," "Ladies of Gothic Horror (A Collection of Classic Stories);" "Florida Gothic;" "Oysters and Pearls: Collected Stories;" "Rotten Peaches (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles)" and "Normal for Norfolk (The Thelonious T. Bear Chronicles)" - both part of the cozy mystery/satire series co-written with celebrity author bear Teddy Tedaloo; "Phantom: The Immortal" (co-written with Ashley Lister); "Love, Lust and Zombies;" "The Wilde Passions of Dorian Gray;" "Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts;" "Getting Even: Revenge Stories;" "Dying for It: Tales of Sex and Death;" "Darker Edge of Desire: Gothic Tales of Romance;" "Thrones of Desire: Erotic Tales of Swords, Mist and Fire;" "Red Velvet and Absinthe;" and "In Sleeping Beauty's Bed: Erotic Fairy Tales." Her anthology "Erotic Travel Tales 2" is the first anthology of erotica to feature a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Mitzi's Web TV channel "Mitzi TV" has attracted an international audience. Segments have ranged from prowling the streets of London in search of jellied eel and chatting about classic cars with Formula 1 racecar driver/BBC TV presenter Tiff Needell and couture shoe designer Jimmy Choo, to joining in a lively pub singalong, being recruited into dance by a troupe of Morris dancing software geeks, hanging out with a chapter of Harley Davidson riders, and covering a teddy bear festival with her ursine sidekick, Teddy Tedaloo. She also plays herself in the pseudo-documentary British film "Lint: The Movie."

Mitzi divides her time between the UK and the Pacific Northwest. Follow her on Twitter @mitziszereto.