Deb Miller Landau

About The Author

Deb Miller Landau first began investigating Lita McClinton Sullivan's murder for Atlanta Magazine in the early 2000’s and has since become an authority on the case. Her article on the murder was anthologized in Harper Perennial's Best American Crime Writing, and her work has been cited by news stories and TV documentaries, including America's Most Wanted, Dateline, Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege & Justice, FBI: Criminal Pursuit and, most recently, Oxygen Network's 2022 Real Murders of Atlanta. Additionally, she appears as a primary on-screen expert in BET's 2019 docudrama, Murder in the Thirst.

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Books by Deb Miller Landau

A Devil Went Down to Georgia

Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton

By Deb Miller Landau

2025 Edgar Award finalist

Oprah Daily ranked #1 of the “best true crime books of all time.”

A riveting narrative that pieces together the life and murder of Black socialite Lita McClinton Sullivan—and the journey to bring her true killer to justice....

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