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Dean Jobb is the author of The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer (Algonquin Books), longlisted for the American Library Association’s 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. His previous book, Empire of Deception, the true story of a master swindler who scammed the elite of 1920s Chicago (Algonquin Books), was the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year. Dean writes a true crime column for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and teaches in the MFA in Creative Nonfiction program at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Website: deanjobb.com Twitter: @DeanJobb

Looking for Mr. Nashville: “We Should Soon Become Respectable” Explores the History of One of Tennessee’s Most Complicated Characters

By: Dean Jobb April 25, 2022April 22, 2022

ReviewsElizabeth Elkins, Nonfiction, Review, Vanderbilt University Press, We Should Soon Become RespectableLeave a Comment

A review of Elizabeth Elkins’ nonfiction book, “We Should Soon Become Respectable: Nashville’s Own Timothy Demonbreun.”

Facing the Music: The Ballad of North Carolina’s One-man Crime Wave

By: Dean Jobb October 20, 2021October 16, 2021

ReviewsNonfiction, Otto Wood, Trevor McKenzieLeave a Comment

A review of Trevor McKenzie’s book, “Otto Wood, the Bandit: The Freighthopping Thief, Bootlegger, and Convicted Murderer Behind the Appalachian Ballads.”

The Rise and Fall of a Southern Hotbed of Vice

By: Dean Jobb October 29, 2020July 12, 2021

ReviewsDavid Hill, Nonfiction, The Vapors1 Comment

In “The Vapors,” David Hill tells the all-but-forgotten story of the Arkansas town that punched far above its weight as one of America’s early playgrounds for the rich and famous – and for millions of others who wanted to hobnob with the one percent.