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Carla Conti

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Crime, Thriller, Memoir

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Carla Conti is a journalist-turned-true crime author and founder of Crimemoir Press. Her second book, THE JACKLIGHTER: Murder, Betrayal, and Justice in Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains, reconstructs the decades-long fight to understand a 1976 hunting-camp death ruled an accident — and uncovers a murder confession that never reached either jury.

Her debut, CHAINED BIRDS: A CRIMEMOIR, is a decorated true crime memoir of corruption, gang violence, and the fight for justice inside America's federal prison system. It won a host of 2025 True Crime prizes, including Best Crimemoir from AudioBookReviewer.com for Carla's own audiobook narration.

Carla serves as a conference speaker and panelist, and gives workshops on nonfiction writing and the ethics ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 66 ratings · 49 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Chained Birds: A Crimemoir 4.03 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2024 — 12 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
	The Jacklighter: Murder, Betrayal, and Justice in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 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

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Five Editorial Reviews In: The Jacklighter Review Roundup

12 Days to Launch: What Critics Are Saying About The Jacklighter

With 12 days to go until The Jacklighter launches on Oct. 27, I wanted to gather this whole season of reviews in one place, because it’s been a lot to take in, in the best way

Five professional reviewers have now read the book (with one more coming). Each brought a different lens, and each found something I hope readers will find: the

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Carla Conti wrote a new blog post BestThrillers calls The Jacklighter a “Compulsive True Crime Epic That Demands a Screen Adaptation.” 🎥 Yesterday, an email landed in my inbox that made me do a little happy dance .BestThrillers.com, the site that named Chained Birds a Finalist in its 20 Read more of this blog post »
Oct 15, 2026 07:00AM · like
Carla Conti and 5 other people liked Valerity (Val)'s review of The Jacklighter: Murder, Betrayal, and Justice in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains: "Another great read by this author. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Jacklighter, it kept me up most of the night. I vaguely remembered the story after reading Eftimiades’ book around 1998. This one was so much more involved and up to date. Lots of detail" Read more of this review »
Oct 09, 2026 11:05AM · see review
Carla Conti liked an answer from Amy M. Reade: What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book? The biggest mystery in my life is probably why my husband puts up with me, but here's one that might make a spookier story: Several years ago I visited my sister's house with my son and my two daughters. My husband couldn't make the trip due to a busi See Amy’s answer. Amy Reade
Oct 03, 2026 01:55PM
Carla Conti shared a quote “Every good lie contains a grain of truth.” Carla Conti
Sep 05, 2026 05:58AM · like · more quotes by Carla Conti
Carla Conti liked MICHEAL DOANE's review of Chained Birds: A Crimemoir: "Chained Birds: A Crimemoir by Carla Conti is a true crime memoir that blends investigative journalism with lived experience inside the U.S. federal prison system. Structured as both a personal narrative and an exposé, the book documents the author’s " Read more of this review »
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Carla Conti is now following Carla Conti Author of Chained Birds: A Crimemoir
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Carla Conti made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Requesting help updating book edition - dashboard giving me errors topic " Hello lovely librarian volunteers ... I seem unable to update my book details to the 3rd edition, although in typing this message, my current edition ...more "
Aug 12, 2025 08:57AM