| Katherine Ramsland | |
| Birth Name: | Katherine Johnston |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Crime writer, professor |
| Genre: | Non-fiction |
| Subject: | True crime, supernatural |
| Notableworks: | Confession of a Serial Killer, The Human Predator, The Mind of a Murderer, The Serial Killer's Apprentice: The True Story of How Houston's Deadliest Murderer Turned a Kid Into a Killing Machine |
Katherine Ramsland (born January 2, 1953)[1] is an American non-fiction author and professor of forensic psychology. Ramsland writes in the genres of crime, forensic science, and the supernatural. She is also a professor of forensic psychology and criminal justice at DeSales University.[2]
Ramsland was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and grew up in the neighboring town of Saline.[3] She is the daughter of Barbara and Henry Johnston, and has three siblings.[4] She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and philosophy from Northern Arizona University in 1978, a master's in clinical psychology from Duquesne University in 1979, a Ph.D. in philosophy from Rutgers University in 1984, a master's degree in forensic psychology from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in 2000, a master's in criminal justice from DeSales University in 2012, and a masters of fine art from DeSales University in 2021.[5]
Ramsland has written on the subjects of serial killers, crime scene investigation, vampires, forensic science, mass murder, sex offenders and ghosts, and was a regular contributor to Crime Library.[6]
Ramsland's book Into the Devil's Den, co-authored with Dave Hall and Tym Burkey, was named New Mexico Book of the Year in 2008.[7]