Ann Rule

Ann Rule
Rule in 1980
Born	Ann Rae Stackhouse October 22, 1931 Lowell, Michigan, U.S.
Died	July 26, 2015(2015-07-26) (aged 83) Burien, Washington, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Subject	True crime
Notable works	The Stranger Beside Me Small Sacrifices
Children	4, including Leslie Rule
Website
authorannrule.com

Ann Rae Rule (née Stackhouse; October 22, 1931 – July 26, 2015) was an American author of true crime books and articles. She is best known for The Stranger Beside Me (1980), about the serial killer Ted Bundy, with whom Rule worked and whom she considered a friend, but was later revealed to be a murderer. Rule wrote over 30 true crime books, including Small Sacrifices, about Oregon child murderer Diane Downs. Many of Rule's books center on murder cases that occurred in the Pacific Northwest and her adopted home state of Washington.^[1]