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Foremost serial killer expert in the United States, star of the hit Investigation Discovery series DARK MINDS, and acclaimed investigative journalist M. William Phelps is the national bestselling, award-winning author of 23 books. Winner of 2008 New England Book Festival Award for “I’ll Be Watching You,” Phelps has made well over 100 television appearances, including CBS’s “Early Show,” “The Today Show,” “The View,” “Fox & Friends,” truTV, Discovery Channel, Fox News Channel, ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Learning Channel, Biography Channel, History Channel, Oxygen, OWN, and many others. He’s been on USA Radio Network, Catholic Radio, Mancow, Wall Street Journal Radio, Zac Daniel, Ava Maria Radio, Catholic Channel, EWTN Radio, ABC News Radio, and Radio America, who calls him “the nation’s leading authority on the mind of the female murderer.” He’s written for numerous publications—including the Providence Journal and Hartford Courant—and consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series “Dexter.”

Also look for Phelps (celebrating ten years with the show in 2013!) as a frequent expert commentator on Investigation Discovery’s Deadly Women.

Created by Phelps, the concept for DARK MINDS (Wednesday nights at 10:00PM on Investigation Discovery) is very unique. Phelps engages the services of preeminent serial killer profiler John Kelly (Fellow of the American Board of Forensic Examiners and president of S.T.A.L.K., Inc.), and one very special guest each week: a bona fide serial killer behind bars. Setting out on the road, Phelps hopes to shed new light on unsolved, cold serial killer and missing person cases. With the help of Kelly and an incarcerated serial killer, Phelps tracks down leads and uncovers the truth behind the mind of the monster, while exposing new information about cases thought to be merely collecting dust in evidence rooms throughout the world.

Read the official press release from ID. See DARK MINDS video here.

The year 2013 brings several new titles and re-releases to press from Phelps, along with the second season of DARK MINDS.

In March, look for KISS OF THE SHE-DEVIL, a book focusing on the murder of Martha Gail Fulton in Lake Orion Township, Michigan.

Slated for the fall, BAD GIRLS is the true story of Bobbi Jo Smith and Jennifer Jones, a pair of hot teen lesbians convicted of murdering a man they lived with in Mineral Wells, Texas—with one potential major twist: Is one of the girls serving 50 years for a murder she did not commit?

Currently, Phelps is working on a book about Sheila Davalloo. In February 2012, 42-year-old former pharmaceutical researcher from Pleasantville, N.Y., Davalloo, was found guilty of murder in the death of Anne Lisa Raymundo.

For his next book, Phelps is actively researching the Danny Hembree case. Hembree, who was sentenced to death for the 2009 killing of 17-year-old Heather Catterton, entered a plea of guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Randi Saldana. Some believe he also murdered 30-year-old Deborah Ratchford in 1992, but that charge was dismissed.

If you have information about any of these cases and would like to speak with M. William Phelps anonymously or on the record, email him immediately.

For those interested in contacting Phelps about a speaking engagement, television appearance, film and dramatic rights to any of his titles, or you just have a query, please email him directly or call his Connecticut office and leave a brief message: 860.870.7247

A staunch victims’ advocate, Phelps asks that if you’ve survived the wrath of a serial killer, or a murder attempt on your life, please email him right away. He is interested in speaking with crime victim survivors for several future projects!