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- Birth nameMichelle Eileen McNamara
- Michelle McNamara was born on April 14, 1970 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for I'll Be Gone in the Dark (2020), 51 Paintings (2012) and What is Real? The Story of Jivamukti Yoga (2016). She was married to Patton Oswalt. She died on April 21, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousePatton Oswalt(September 24, 2005 - April 21, 2016) (her death, 1 child)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesKathleen Conroy(Sibling)Maureen Stratton(Sibling)Mary Rita Skrine(Sibling)Bob McNamara(Sibling)
- Her 2018 bestseller book "I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer," raised profile of the serial rapist who, through advanced DNA profiling, was finally arrested in Sacramento on 4/24/2018 after evading capture for over 40 years. Joseph James DeAngelo, also known as the "East Area Rapist" and "the Original Night Stalker," had been linked to an estimated 12 killings and 50 rapes throughout California in the 1970s and 1980s.
- Two years after her death, her non-fiction crime book "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times' Bestseller List (2018). The Introduction and Afterword were respectively contributed by author Gillian Flynn and Patton Oswalt.
- Gave birth to her daughter the day after her 39th birthday.
- Graduated from Notre Dame.
- Graduated from University of Minnesota with an MFA in Fiction Writing.
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