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Kim Cross

Biography

Kim Cross

Kim Cross is a New York Times bestselling author, journalist and historian known for meticulously reported narrative nonfiction. Her stories have been recognized in “Best of” lists by the New York Times, the Columbia Journalism Review, The Sunday Longread, Longform, Apple News Audio and Best American Sports Writing. She lives in Boise, Idaho.

Kim Cross

Books by Kim Cross

In Light of All Darkness: Inside the Polly Klaas Kidnapping and the Search for America's Child
by Kim Cross - Nonfiction, True Crime

On October 1, 1993, 12-year-old Polly Klaas was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom in Petaluma, California, during a sleepover with two friends, while her mother slept soundly in the room next door. This rarest of all kidnappings --- a stranger abduction from the home --- triggered one of the largest manhunts in FBI history. New York Times bestselling author Kim Cross has written the first comprehensive account of what happened on that fateful night in October, as well as how the case forever transformed the Bureau’s approach to solving crimes. With unprecedented access to case files, crime scene photos, a videotaped murder confession and inside sources, IN LIGHT OF ALL DARKNESS follows the investigators who pieced together the evidence that led to the arrest and conviction of the kidnapper.