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Carla Conti

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Crime, Thriller, Memoir

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Carla Conti is a journalist-turned-true crime author and founder of Crimemoir Press. Her second book, THE JACKLIGHTER: Murder, Betrayal, and Justice in Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains, reconstructs the decades-long fight to understand a 1976 hunting-camp death ruled an accident — and uncovers a murder confession that never reached either jury.

Her debut, CHAINED BIRDS: A CRIMEMOIR, is a decorated true crime memoir of corruption, gang violence, and the fight for justice inside America's federal prison system. It won a host of 2025 True Crime prizes, including Best Crimemoir from AudioBookReviewer.com for Carla's own audiobook narration.

Carla serves as a conference speaker and panelist, and gives workshops on nonfiction writing and the ethics ...more

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Average rating: 4.19 · 73 ratings · 54 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chained Birds: A Crimemoir 4.03 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2024 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jacklighter: Murder, Betrayal, and Justice in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains 4.90 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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IndieReader on The Jacklighter: A Decades-Old Story That Feels “Fresh and Urgent”

IndieReader has a special place in my heart. It’s where Chained Birds won the True Crime category in the 2025 IndieReader Discovery Awards, so when I entered The Jacklighter in its contest, I held my breath for IR’s first take on the book. The short IndieReader “Verdict” arrived soon after, and I’ve been quoting one line from it ever since:

“Thorough, well written, and devastating in its impact,

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Carla Conti is now friends with Amie's Book Reviews
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Carla Conti liked Bella's review of The Jacklighter: Murder, Betrayal, and Justice in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains: "This gem is decades in the making, and it shows. The Jacklighter transports readers to Montrose, Pennsylvania, in 1976, where young attorney Martin “Marty” Dillon heads to his family’s secluded hunting camp for an afternoon of skeet shooting with Dr." Read more of this review »
5 hours, 31 min ago · see review
Carla Conti liked Alyssa Knappenberger's review of The Jacklighter: Murder, Betrayal, and Justice in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains: "As someone from Northeast Pennsylvania, I am surprised I've never heard of this case. Based on how widespread and popular the case seems, I'm genuinely surprised it isn't talked about more. I am not normally one for nonfiction books, but this story g" Read more of this review »
Oct 24, 2026 03:51AM · see review
Carla Conti liked Erin Quill's review of The Jacklighter: Murder, Betrayal, and Justice in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains: "I received an advance copy of this book from Crimemoir Press, and this is my honest review. The Jacklighter focuses on the death of Marty Dillon. He and Stephen Scher went skeet shooting, just the two of them, before Marty died from a gunshot wound to" Read more of this review »
Oct 24, 2026 03:51AM · see review
Carla Conti shared a quote “Every good lie contains a grain of truth.” Carla Conti
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Carla Conti is now following Carla Conti Author of Chained Birds: A Crimemoir
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Nov 12, 2025 10:26AM
Carla Conti made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Requesting help updating book edition - dashboard giving me errors topic " Hello lovely librarian volunteers ... I seem unable to update my book details to the 3rd edition, although in typing this message, my current edition ...more "
Aug 12, 2025 08:57AM