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Tori Telfer

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Tori Telfer is a freelance writer who is a) inconsolable at her lack of skateboarding skills, b) obsessed with talking about serial killers at dinner parties, and c) has been published in and around the world wide web on topics from Johnny Depp impersonators to vengeful cowboys in frontier America. Her first book, Lady Killers (Harper Perennial), will be released on October 10th. ...more

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Hi! I just got the physical Spanish version of your book "Lady assassins" as a birthday present and I just have to tell you: I am so loving it!!! but I've gotta ask: How did you came up with the idea?

Tori Telfer Thank you so much, Nuria! I'm so glad to hear that. (And happy birthday!) Years ago, I read about Erzsebet Bathory and was basically like, "What?? The…moreThank you so much, Nuria! I'm so glad to hear that. (And happy birthday!) Years ago, I read about Erzsebet Bathory and was basically like, "What?? There are female serial killers?!" So I pitched the idea of a column covering female serial killers to a website called The Hairpin, and they accepted it...and eventually that column turned into my book. :)(less)

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Where is your favorite place to go and write?

Tori Telfer Really lovely coffee shops! I know it's not the most unique answer in the world, but the noise level at a busy-ish coffee shop is just perfect. I love…moreReally lovely coffee shops! I know it's not the most unique answer in the world, but the noise level at a busy-ish coffee shop is just perfect. I love being around other people who are also working on their laptops; I love a huge cafe au lait and some sort of pastry (almond croissant? cranberry rosemary scone? cinnamon bun? oh the options). As a work-from-home freelancer (even before the pandemic), it's nice to have an excuse to be around people for part of my workday. I wrote most of Confident Women at the same three coffee shops and I can't wait until it's safe to write in coffee shops again. xoxo(less)

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Average rating: 3.79 · 18,612 ratings · 2,268 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History 3.81 avg rating — 14,493 ratings — published 2017 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion 3.71 avg rating — 4,117 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disconnection! 2.82 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunter's Pyjamas by Tori Telfer (Goodreads Author), Rhonda Telfer, Holli Conger (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

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“Even the most psychopathic woman can realize, when staring death in the eyes, that what she valued, in the end, was life all along.”
― Tori Telfer, Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History

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“But serial killers aren’t scary because they’re male; they’re scary because they destroy order.”
― Tori Telfer, Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History

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“But that’s unfair, because poisoning requires advance planning and the stomach for a drawn-out death scene. You need to look into your victim’s trusting eyes day after day as you slowly snuff out their life.”
― Tori Telfer, Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History

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