Marilee Strong

Marilee Strong, co-author with Jeff of the 2018 book, In the Name of the Children, is a journalist who specializes in the reporting of crime, the human costs of violence and trauma, and other psychological and social issues. She is the recipient of more than a dozen reporting and writing honors, including a Pulitzer Fellowship, a National Headliner Award, and the Society of Professional Journalists Excellence Award. She is the author of two previous books: Erased, which presented an original criminal and psychological profile for a particular type of intimate-partner homicide, and A Bright Red Scream on the aftereffects of childhood abuse and trauma.