Colin Heston

Colin Heston is the pen name of a criminologist of international repute. He has written nonfiction books on the history of punishment and torture, edited a four volume encyclopedia on Crime and Punishment around the World, and regularly contributes to a variety of criminology and criminal justice periodicals. His next novel, Ferry to Williamstown, a subcultural murder mystery set in Williamstown Australia, will be released early in 2019. He is currently putting the finishing touches to his next nonfiction book, Civilization and Barbarism: Punishing Criminals in the 21st century.