Kelly Sullivan Pezza is a longtime author, journalist, and lecturer who has published numerous books on history and true crime. A native of Rhode Island, she writes a weekly history column for the Chariho Times, works as a volunteer researcher for the University of Rhode Island’s ROTC Hall of Fame, and regularly speaks to educational and historical organizations about criminal history within Rhode Island. She has also been featured, as a historian, in two documentaries about Rocky Point Park, and received the 1999 New England Press Award.