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David Stout


Born
Erie, The United States
Genre
History, Nonfiction, Mystery & Thrillers


David Stout (b. 1942) is an accomplished reporter who has been writing mysteries and true crime since the 1980s. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, Stout took a job at the New York Times in 1982. He spent nearly twenty-eight years at the newspaper, as a reporter, editor and rewrite man covering national news and sports, and retired in 2009.

Stout began writing his first novel while working at the Times. Based on the true story of a 1940s double-murder for which fourteen year-old George Stinney was controversially executed, Carolina Skeletons (1988) won Stout an Edgar award for best first novel. After two more well-received mysteries, Night Of The Ice Storm (1991) and The Dog Hermit (1993), Stout turned to writing non-fiction. Night Of The Devil (20 ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 1,814 ratings · 217 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors
The Kidnap Years: The Aston...
3.49 avg rating — 500 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions
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The Boy in the Box: The Uns...
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Carolina Skeletons
3.87 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 1988 — 13 editions
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Night of the Ice Storm
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A Child Is Missing
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The Dog Hermit
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WT: The Election of 2028: M...
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