Lisa Pulitzer

Who is Lisa Pulitzer?

Lisa Pulitzer born c. 1964 is an American book writer. Pulitzer is a former correspondent for The New York Times newspaper, In 1994, her first book, "Crossing the Line: Joel Rifkin", with New York Times Correspondent Joan Swirsky, investigated serial killer Rifkin and the crimes he confessed to committing. Her second book (1996), "Crime on Deadline", is an anthology of true crime stories.

Her third book (1999, "A Woman Scorned: The Shocking Real-Life Case of Billionairess Killer Susan Cummings," examines a daughter and wife of billionaires convicted of murder.

Pulitzer's fourth book (2001), "Fatal Romance", is about the case in which lawyer Jerry Akers allegedly killed his wife, famous romance writer Nancy Richards-Akers. Her next book (2003) "Murder in Paradise", studies the circumstances in which American Lois McMillan drowned while visiting the British Virgin Islands.

In addition to her own books, Lisa Pulitzer works as a ghost writer, as well as a co-author. The Spanish edition of Daughters of Juarez, written with Univision TV host Teresa Rodriguez, and published by Simon & Schuster, was a bestseller. The book chronicles the unsolved murders of hundreds of young women in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juárez.