"I get in trouble when I say things like, 'I'm attracted to violence.' I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from."

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American military historian and novelist best known for The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness. His work blended historical research with psychological crime fiction.

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