Mark Gado

Mark Gado was a police detective with the City of New Rochelle Police Department in New York for twenty-nine years. He is the author of KILLER PRIEST (Praeger 2006), DEATH ROW WOMEN, Murder, Justice and the New York Press. (Praeger 2007), THE MISBEGOTTEN (2010) and MOM: THE KILLER (Rosetta Books, 2011). He also contributed to FAMOUS AMERICAN CRIMES AND TRIALS encyclopedia (2005).

He also wrote for COURT TV (now TruTV) since 1999 and published dozens of articles on criminal justice issues and historical crime for their CRIME LIBRARY website. His story on serial killer Carl Panzram, Monster of Minnesota, won a Page One Award for one of the top magazine articles of the year. He was a guest on talk radio, WVOX New York, appeared on ABC-TV's GOOD MORNING AMERICA, and participated in the film documentary, PANZRAM, scheduled for release in 2011.

Gado was a federal agent with the D.E.A. in White Plains, N.Y. from 1997 to 1999 and received the International Award of Honor from the Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association in New Orleans, LA in 1999. He was named Investigator of the Year in 2000 and received dozens of other awards and commendations during his long police career. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice 1998 and a M. S. in Criminal Justice from Iona College 2001.

His investigative experiences, as well as hundreds of appearances in a courtroom setting, provide him with a unique perspective for a crime writing career.

Like many of his colleagues, Mark Gado was part of the Ground Zero rescue team September to October 2001. He is also a Viet Nam combat veteran, 1967-68.