She then proceeded to Stanford Law School in California where she graduated with a distinction in the law field. This probably explains why she is so interested in law and crime altogether.īurke went to the Reed College located in Portland Oregon where she studied and received a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology. The hunt for BTK is among the primary reasons that made her become fascinated by crime. It took the police almost thirty years to resolve the crime which was disappointing for her as she thought she would have easily solved the crime if she was put in their position. A man going by the acronym BTK that stood for Blind, Torture, Kill claimed responsibility of the murders. James Burke used to be a professor of English while her mother was a librarian during her early years.ĭuring the 1970’s after her family had moved from Florida to reside in Wichita, the police managed to discover that there was a connection between seven unresolved murders involving women and children. Alafair Burke is the daughter of the famous author James Lee Burke who is known for writing various best-selling crime novels. She was born in October 1969 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Apart from writing novels, she a legal commentator for radio shows and programs as well as a law professor teaching criminal law at the Hofstra school of law. Burke is an American female author who specializes in writing crime novels.
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