About Deb Miller Landau

Deb Miller Landau is a genre-bending writer who has forged a career as a journalist, memoirist, creative writer and marketing leader. She is the author of the forthcoming true crime novel, A Devil Went Down to Georgia (Aug. 6, 2024, Pegasus Books), more than a dozen Lonely Planet travel guides and articles covering everything from spawning salmon and fast fashion, to wind turbines and the power of AI. She has taught magazine writing at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism & Communication and, in 2023, won an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship for her in-progress memoir.

A Devil Went Down To Georgia

A Devil Went Down To Georgia

In A Devil Went Down to Georgia, award-winning writer Deb Miller Landau details the shocking events that followed Lita’s murder in 1987, including the surprising lack of evidence, racial bias in the justice system, and the international manhunt for Lita’s killer. Full of twists and turns, legal battles, and the McClinton family’s unrelenting dedication to justice, Landau's rigorous investigation is the first complete account of this tragic American crime.