Michael Fleeman is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and editor and the author of 10 true-crime books published by St. Martin's Press, including the New York Times best-seller The Stranger in My Bed and most recently Crazy for You about the Andrea Sneiderman murder case in Atlanta. Fleeman will be appearing in the second season of Investigation Discovery's "Tabloid," a series about sensational true-crime stories.
A graduate of UC Berkeley and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Fleeman previously was West Coast Editor of PEOPLE.com, overseeing entertainment and crime/human interest reporting for PEOPLE magazine's website out of Los Angeles. Prior to that, he was a reporter for the Associated Press in Los Angeles and New Jersey, covering the O.J. Simpson and Timothy McVeigh trials, general assignment and entertainment.
Fleeman has covered all the major awards shows and film festivals, including the Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, Grammys and SAG Awards, and his work has been repeatedly honored by the Los Angeles Press Club. His O.J. Simpson trial coverage was nominated by the AP for a Pulitzer Prize.
A frequently requested public speaker and television commentator, Fleeman appears regularly on Entertainment Tonight, "E! True Hollywood Story," Inside Edition, HLN's "Showbiz Tonight," CNN and a variety of true-crime programs on TruTV, Investigation Discovery and Oxygen. He most recently participated on panels at the conference of the Greater Los Angeles Writers Society.
