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Sheila Isenberg is an author and former investigative reporter. Her first book, a psychological study, Women Who Love Men Who Kill, is the seminal book on the subject and is referenced widely in other publications and by law enforcement agencies, including the FBI. Isenberg is currently working on a sequel, More Women Who Love Men Who Kill

Her biography, A Hero of Our Own: The Story of Varian Fry, was chosen as a featured book by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and named one of the best books of 2001 by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

She is also co-author with the late William M. Kunstler of My Life as A Radical Lawyer and collaborator with Tracey L. Brown on The Life and Times of Ron Brown.

Isenberg has appeared frequently on national and cable television programs such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, 20/20, Anderson Cooper, and many more.

She has won several awards and grants, including a fellowship from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. She also lectures widely on her published books and has led workshops on writing, journalism, and women's issues. During a decade as a reporter, Isenberg's work led to several state-wide investigations and, as a political writer, she wrote op-ed pieces for Newsday and The New York Law Journal among other publications.

Isenberg was Visiting Lecturer of English and Humanities at Marist College and is currently Adjunct Lecturer of English and Communication there. She lives in upstate New York with her husband.