Shanna Hogan was an American non-fiction author and journalist.
13 Facts About Shanna Hogan
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Shanna Hogan was best known for writing the book Picture Perfect about convicted murderer Jodi Arias.
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Shanna Hogan was a reporter at the East Valley Tribune from 2004 to 2007.
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Shanna Hogan wrote four true crime books, with her first, Dancing with Death, about Phoenix housewife Marjorie Orbin and the death of her husband Jay, an art dealer, released by St Martin's Press in 2011.
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Shanna Hogan appeared on Jane Velez-Mitchell Dr Drew On Call, and multiple crime shows on the Investigation Discovery channel.
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In 2017, Shanna Hogan co-authored The Crime Book volume with American crime writers Lee Mellor, Rebecca Morris, Cathy Scott, and British author Michael Kerrigan, with a foreword for the US edition by Scott and the UK edition by author Peter James.
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In March 2019, Shanna Hogan co-hosted with editor Charlie Spicer the first series of the true-crime podcast Case Closed from Macmillan Books, featuring the case of murder victim Erin Corwin.
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Shanna Hogan was awarded the 2009 Arizona Press Club's Virg Hill Journalist of the Year.
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Shanna Hogan was awarded "Journalist of the Year 2011" by the Arizona Newspaper Association.
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Shanna Hogan lived in Phoenix with her husband, Matt LaRussa, and son Zander.
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Shanna Hogan was an adjunct professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
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Shanna Hogan died on September 1,2020, after a five-day hospital stay.
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Shanna Hogan's husband found her unconscious, though their son, who was wearing a flotation device, was fine.