True-crime analyst, creator/executive producer and former host of Investigation Discovery's DARK MINDS (2011 -2014), M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 42 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. THE GIRL LEFT BEHIND is his first thriller-a book based on a career's worth of missing person cases he's investigated. Following loosely to his iHeartRadio podcast, "Paper Ghosts," this first novel in a series unites his 20 years of experience working in true-crime, having consulted on the popular Showtime series "Dexter," along with his eight years interviewing serial murderer Keith "Happy Face Killer" Jesperson. Phelps has made over 300 hours' worth of appearances on television: KILLER COUPLES, WICKED ATTRACTION, ICE COLD KILLERS, EVIL STEP MOMS, TWISTED, DEADLY WOMEN, SNAPPED, and many more. TV Rage says, "M. William Phelps dares to tread where few others will. . ."
