Mark Olshaker
Author and collaborator on criminal psychology and public health books.
Mark Olshaker, born February 28, 1951, in Washington, D.C., is an American author known for his frequent work with FBI agent John E. Douglas on books about criminal and investigative psychology. In 1995, they founded Mindhunters, Inc., and later published Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, which became a Netflix series in 2017. Olshaker also partnered with public health scientist Michael Osterholm on Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, highlighting the medical system's unpreparedness for a future pandemic. He advocates for victims' rights.
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- Born
- 28 February 1951
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C. U.S.
- Education
- George Washington University
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Publications
Olshaker co-authored numerous books with John E. Douglas, beginning with Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (1995). Subsequent collaborations include Journey into Darkness (1997), Obsession (1998), The Anatomy of Motive (1999), The Cases That Haunt Us (2000), Law & Disorder (2013), The Killer Across the Table (2020), The Killer's Shadow (2020), and When a Killer Calls (2022). He also wrote the novel Einstein’s Brain (1981) and co-authored Broken Wings (1999) as part of the Mindhunters series. In his New York Times article 'We’re Not Ready for a Flu Pandemic', Olshaker criticized the lack of funding the government invested in developing a flu vaccine, citing the National Institutes of Health only received $32 million and Biomedical Advanced Research received $43 million for such research in 2017.
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