"Who wrote the true crime novel ""In Cold Blood""?"
True crime those found in the penny press. Truman Capote's "non-fiction novel" "In Cold Blood" (1965) is usually credited with establishing the modern novelistic style of the genre and the one that rocketed it to enormous profitability. True crime books often center on sensational, shocking, or strange events, particularly murder. Even though murder makes up less than 20% of reported crime, it's present in most true crime stories. Typically, these books report on a crime from the beginning of its investigation to its legal proceedings. Serial killers have been a highly profitable sub-genre. An informal survey conducted by "Publishers Weekly" in 1993
In Cold Blood Perry Smith, were arrested six weeks after the murders and later executed by the state of Kansas. Capote ultimately spent six years working on the book. When finally published, "In Cold Blood" was an instant success, and today is the second-biggest-selling true crime book in publishing history, behind Vincent Bugliosi's 1974 book "Helter Skelter" about the Charles Manson murders. Some critics consider Capote's work the original non-fiction novel, though other writers had already explored the genre, such as Rodolfo Walsh in "Operación Masacre" (1957). "In Cold Blood" has been lauded for its eloquent prose, extensive detail, and simultaneous triple narrative,