SHANNA HOGAN was an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of several true-crime books including Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story. She wrote for numerous publications and received more than twenty awards for her feature writing and investigative reporting. Shanna was named Journalist of the Year by the Arizona Press Club in 2010 and again in 2011 by the Arizona Newspaper Association. She appeared on The View, Dateline, 20/20, CNN, HLN, Fox News, Oprah Winfrey's Oxygen, and Investigation Discovery. In addition, she taught journalism at her alma mater, Arizona State University. Shanna lived in Phoenix, Arizona, with her husband, Matt LaRussa, their son, and their two dogs.
