Shanna Hogan

Shanna Hogan is a New York Times bestselling American non-fiction author and journalist who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. She is best known for writing the book Picture Perfect about convicted killer Jodi Arias.

Shanna Hogan
Born
Olathe, Kansas
NationalityAmerican
EducationArizona State University
OccupationJournalist, author
AgentMartin Literary Management
Notable credit(s)
Guest, The View
TitlePicture Perfect
Spouse(s)
  • Matt LaRussa
Websitehttp://www.shannahogan.com/

Biography and education

Hogan was born in Olathe, Kansas, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2005, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism from Arizona State University.

Career

She was a reporter at the East Valley Tribune from 2004 to 2007. In 2008, she went to work for the Times Media Group as a features editor, where in 2012 she was promoted to executive editor.

Hogan has written four true crime books, with her first, Dancing with Death, about Phoenix housewife Marjorie Orbin and the death of her husband Jay, an art dealer, released by St. Martin's Press in 2011. It was followed by Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story, released in September 2013 by St. Martin's True Crime Library about the Travis Alexander murder in Mesa, Arizona.[1] A third book, The Stranger She Loved, was released by St. Martin's in March 2015, about the murder of Utah doctor Martin MacNeil's wife, Michele, and his 2013 conviction.[2] Her fourth book, Secrets of a Marine’s Wife, released by St. Martin’s in February 2019, is about the 2014 murder of 19-year-old pregnant Marine wife Erin Corwin.

Hogan has appeared on Dateline NBC, ABC's 20/20, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°, "Inside Edition," and Oxygen's "Snapped" [3] to discuss high-profile crime cases. She has also appeared on Jane Velez-Mitchell[4] HLN's Dr. Drew On Call, and multiple crime shows on the Investigation Discovery channel. On January 10, 2014, she was on The View with attorney and correspondent Darren Kavinoky in a panel discussion of the Jodi Arias case.[5]

In 2017, Hogan co-authored The Crime Book volume with American crime writers Lee Mellor, Rebecca Morris, Cathy Scott, and British author Michael Kerrigan, with a foreword for the U.S. edition by Scott and the U.K. edition by author Peter James.[6] It was released in April 2017 in the U.K. and May 2017 in the U.S. by Dorling Kindersley (Penguin Random House).

In March 2019, Hogan co-hosted with editor Charlie Spicer the first series of the true-crime podcast "Case Closed" from Macmillan Books, featuring the case of convicted killer Erin Corwin.[7]

Awards

Hogan was awarded the 2009 Arizona Press Club's Virg Hill "Journalist of the Year."[8] She was also awarded "Journalist of the Year 2011" by the Arizona Newspaper Association.[9]

Hogan's book, Picture Perfect, debuted the week of September 22, 2013 at number 16 on The New York Times bestseller list for e-book nonfiction[10] and combined print and e-book nonfiction the same week at number 23.[11]

Personal life

Hogan lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband, Matt LaRussa. She is an adjunct professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

Books
  • Dancing with Death (2011) (ISBN 978-0312532284)
  • Picture Perfect (2013) (ISBN 978-1250049452)
  • The Stranger She Loved (2015) (ISBN 9781250057501)
  • The Crime Book (co-author) (2017) (ISBN 978-1465462862)
  • Secrets of a Marine's Wife (2019) (ISBN 978-1250127303)
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References
  1. Rangel, Corey (2013-02-28). "Jodi Arias trial: Valley author Shanna Hogan writing book on case - abc15.com | ABC15 Arizona". abc15.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  2. "Shanna Hogan To Write About Martin MacNeill Murder Case - GalleyCat". Mediabistro.com. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  3. "Snapped Bonus Interview With Shanna Hogan Video". Ovguide.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  4. "CNN.com - Transcripts". Transcripts.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  5. ABC, The View
  6. "Best new books you should read this April". Reader's Digest.
  7. Larson, Sarah (25 March 2019). ""Case Closed," Reviewed: Do We Really Want a True-Crime Podcast with Answers?". The New Yorker – via www.newyorker.com.
  8. "Winners of 2009 Arizona Press Club Contest".
  9. "Usatoday.Com". Usatoday30.usatoday.com. 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  10. "Best Sellers (e-book nonfiction) - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  11. Taylor, Ihsan. "Best Sellers (combined print and e-book nonfiction) - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
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