Confessions of the Green River Killer

Praise for Confessions of the Green River Killer:“Gripping … The chilling, yearslong confessions of a serial killer will be sought by true crime readers who enjoyed Michelle McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark or Ann Rule’s The Stranger Beside Me.”—Library Journal, starred review“Chilling … What begins like a real-life mystery evolves into a thorny exploration of journalistic ethics without losing its narrative momentum. Readers will find this hard to put down.”—Publishers Weekly“The most complete portrait of Gary Ridgway we’ve ever seen, as well as a deeply personal story of a writer whose life was changed in ways she had not expected. An important addition to the annals of true crime.”—Booklist“I talk to serial killers, so I was intrigued with Maria DiLorenzo’s approach to Ridgway, especially since she admits to being naive about this process. Her personal narrative kept me hooked even after I grew weary of Ridgway’s repetitive claims and obsessions. This book is a solid contribution to the genre of serial killer confessions and the collection of books on Ridgway. DiLorenzo makes the infamous serial killer feel disturbingly and intimately present. To her credit, she stuck with it.”—Dr. Katherine Ramsland, award-winning author of Confession of a Serial Killer and The Serial Killer’s Apprentice

Maria DiLorenzo received an MFA in English / Creative Writing from Hunter College in 2011. For several years, she worked as a contributing writer for The Crime Report. In 2020, she founded the website Beyond the Crime, which shares firsthand interviews with those incarcerated for murder to gain a deeper understanding of the criminal mind.

DiLorenzo is one of the only journalists to extensively interview Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. Her work in true crime has been chronicled in podcasts and documentaries, including an appearance on ABC’s 20⁄20. She currently resides in Staten Island, NY.