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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: 4.03 · 60 ratings · 43 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
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Thank You, Around Ambler (And a Little More Good News)

I already gushed about this in my last post, but I wanted to give Around Ambler its own proper spotlight, because a feature like this doesn’t come along every day

If you missed it: Around Ambler, my local news site covering Ambler, Blue Bell, Fort Washington, Maple Glen, and Lower Gwynedd, ran a feature on THE JACKLIGHTER and the 50-year true crime cold case. It’s still making the rounds in their

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