Book Cover: The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright

The scandal. The genius. The murder that shocked America.

Frank Lloyd Wright was more than the mind behind America's most iconic buildings―he was a man whose turbulent private life captivated a nation. The famous architect's stormy marriage to Kitty Wright and his infamous affair with another woman, Mamah Borthwick, ignited one of the country's first celebrity scandals, splashed across headlines from coast to coast.

Then, in August 1914, scandal turned to horror. A tragedy at Taliesin, the Wisconsin home Wright built as a monument to love, shook the very foundation of Wright's life―and catapulted him back to the front pages of newspapers across the country as readers clamored for glimpses of his very darkest moments.

In The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright, New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman delves beyond the myth of Wright's genius to reveal a man of relentless ambition, consuming passion, and devastating loss. With haunting intimacy and propulsive storytelling, Sherman delivers a portrait of an artist who could not escape the shadows of his own making―and who rose, again and again, from the ashes. The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright is now in development as a major motion picture. 

Author Casey Sherman

Photo credit: Kristin Sherman

Casey Sherman is a renowned investigative journalist and was recently named the #1 true crime author in America for 2026 by several literary groups. Sherman currently stars in the true crime documentary, “The Boston Strangler: Unheard Confession” on NBC Peacock. Sherman is a New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe & USA Today #1 Best-selling Author of 19 books including The Finest Hours, a major Walt Disney Studio motion picture starring Chris Pine & Casey Affleck, and “Patriots Day” (with Dave Wedge), now an acclaimed motion picture from CBS Films starring Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Bacon. Sherman’s 2023 true crime bestseller Helltown, is now in development as a limited television series and his books, Blood in the Water and The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright are both in development for feature films with Sherman serving as executive producer on all projects.