Ungrateful Bastard: The Shocking Journey of a Killer and Escape Artist

Susan Ashline is the author of A Jacket Off the Gorge: True Story of the Biggest Liar (2023), and the nationally acclaimed true crime book Without A Prayer: The Death of Lucas Leonard and How One Church Became a Cult (2019). She is featured in the Hulu docuseries Cult Justice and How I Escaped My Cult. Susan is an Emmy Award-nominated journalist whose career spans more than twenty-five years. Her work has received major awards, including a first place Associated Press award for general excellence in individual reporting, and a Gannett Gold Medal award.