Susan Jonusas is a historian specialising in crime and culture in the 19th and 20th Century. After studying Modern History and English Literature at the University of St Andrews, she completed a masters in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at Kings College London. She was a bookseller, but now spends her free time on the archery range.

Susan has written for both CNN and History Today. Her first book HELL’S HALF-ACRE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICA’S FIRST SERIAL KILLER FAMILY, will be published by Viking and Scribner in Spring 2022.