John Temple

John Temple is author of The Last Lawyer: The Fight to Save Death Row Inmates and Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office , both published by University Press of Mississippi. His book American Pain was named a "Best Book of 2015" in the True Crime category by Suspense Magazine . He is associate professor of journalism at the Reed College of Media at West Virginia University. Prior to teaching, Temple was a newspaper reporter in Pittsburgh, Greensboro, and Tampa. More information about Temple and...See more

John Temple is author of The Last Lawyer: The Fight to Save Death Row Inmates and Deadhouse: Life in a Coroner's Office , both published by University Press of Mississippi. His book American Pain was named a "Best Book of 2015" in the True Crime category by Suspense Magazine . He is associate professor of journalism at the Reed College of Media at West Virginia University. Prior to teaching, Temple was a newspaper reporter in Pittsburgh, Greensboro, and Tampa. More information about Temple and his books can be found at www.johntemplebooks.com. See less