Kieran Crowley (writer)

Kieran Crowley (1949–2016) was an American journalist and New York Times best-selling writer.

He was a longtime contributor at the New York Post, specializing in crime reporting. While at the Post, he decoded messages that were sent to the police by a serial killer later identified as Heriberto Seda. He earned a lifetime achievement award in 2014 from the Press Club of Long Island.

Crowley also wrote true crime books and novels, notably a series starring F.X. Shepard, a tabloid news reporter.

He died at the age of 66 from leukemia complications.