John Philpin

JOHN PHILPIN is an independent criminal profiler and a retired psychologist with an international reputation as an expert on violent behavior. He has appeared on Unsolved Mysteries, America's Most Wanted, 20/20 Downtown, Inside Edition, and CBC's As It Happens, and has served as a guest commentator on Court TV's Prime Time Justice. His published nonfiction works include SHATTERED JUSTICE(Harper Collins), about the murder of 12-year old Stephanie Crowe; STALEMATE (Bantam), about a series of child abductions and murders in the San Francisco Bay area; and BEYOND MURDER (Onyx/Penguin Books), investigating the Gainesville student murders. He has also written five novels including THE MURDER CHANNEL and DREAMS IN THE KEY OF BLUE. A recipient of numerous awards for contributions in murder investigations, Philpin's forensic work was featured in Philip E. Ginsburg's SHADOW OF DEATH, the investigation of a series of murders along interstate highway corridors of Vermont and New Hampshire in the 1980s. Philpin holds degrees in English, clinical psychology, and forensic psychology from Harvard and Goddard College.