William D. LaRue

William D. LaRue is an award-winning journalist and author who worked for 25 years as a newspaper reporter, including sixteen as television critic for The Post-Standard in Syracuse, New York. He later worked as an online producer for Advance Local’s newspaper websites.

His books include A Stranger Killed Katy, the story of Katherine Hawelka’s murder and her family’s fight for justice, and its follow-up, The Long Shadow of Katy’s Killer. He also co-wrote CANDY, his father Kenneth J. LaRue’s account of service in the Korean War and occupied Japan, and Captain Puckett, the memoir of former Panama Canal pilot Kenneth P. Puckett.

A native of Potsdam, New York, LaRue holds a bachelor’s degree in English from SUNY Potsdam and a master’s degree in communications from Syracuse University. He and his wife, Kathleen, live near Syracuse. They have two children.