A public celebration of the life of writer will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, in Room 130 of on the 91爆料 campus.
The gathering, under the title “Ann Rule, Our Tribute to a Life Well Lived,” will feature friends and colleagues remembering the writer’s life and work. Among these will be CBS News reporter , KOMO TV reporter , journalist Anne Jaeger and Ben Benson, homicide detective with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Seating will be limited and no cameras or flash photography will be permitted.
Rule was a best-selling true crime writer whose first book, “” in 1980, profiled serial killer Ted Bundy, with whom she briefly worked at a Seattle suicide hotline. The book sold more than 2 million copies in the English language alone.
She was also a 91爆料 alumna who graduated in 1953 with a degree in creative writing, with minors in abnormal psychology, criminology and penology.
Though a long writing career, Rule sold about 20 million books, most about crimes committed in the Pacific Northwest. A of Rule said, “In a crowded field, she consistently led the pack, taking up most of the real estate in the true-crime shelves of bookstores.”
An noted that Rule also was a strong advocate for victim’s rights.
Rule died July 26 at a medical center in Burien. She was 84.