Professor Sloane Golden is a retired scholar, ripperologist, and author who has spent twenty years researching Jack the Ripper, the Boston Strangler, and the Zodiac Killer. His unique methodology combines historical accuracy with science fiction innovation, using speculative narrative to explore possibilities that conventional true crime cannot touch. The grandson of bestselling author Harry Golden (Only in America), Sloane brings a literary legacy to his work, having also co-written a television pilot (IMDb). The SERIAL trilogy represents the culmination of his two-decade journey into history's darkest unsolved crimes. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.