Rolling Stone magazine

“A quick skim of writers’ Twitter feeds (including, uh, my own) reveals they can be a self-aggrandizing lot. Not Robert Kolker — though a bit of ego would be justified. Kolker’s first book, Lost Girls, the story of a still-at-large serial killer targeting call...

New York Times Book Review podcast

Robert Kolker’s new book, “Hidden Valley Road,” tells the terrifying story of the Galvins, a large family beset by schizophrenia — six of its 12 children were afflicted with the disease. Among the many fascinating elements of the story, Kolker says on this...

Entertainment Weekly

In many ways, New York Times best-selling author Robert Kolker is a cut above: He’s a New York Times best-selling author, for one. His novel Lost Girls was adapted into a Sundance darling Netflix film. He’s reported on...

Los Angeles Times

“Hidden Valley Road,” which has been earning raves culminating in its selection by Oprah’s Book Club Tuesday, braids together the timelines — one chronicling the Galvin family’s growing horror as son after son succumbed to mental illness, the other tracking the...