About the Author

Anthony Flacco is an acclaimed author, ghost writer, screenwriter, and public speaker. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America/West, International Thriller Writers, and the Mystery Writers of America. Recent speaking engagements include MediaBistro seminars and the Jack London Writers Conference. He is also co-author of Publish Your Nonfiction Book, coming from Writer's Digest in November. For more information, visit www.anthonyflacco.com.

Reviews

Praise for "The Road Out of Hell""" "Haunting, compassionate, and terrifyingly true, Flacco delivers an unqualified masterpiece befitting of one of the greatest cases in the annals of crime."--Gregg Olsen, New York Times Bestselling author of "Starvation"" Heights" "And you wonder: How the hell did this guy go on to be a loving father and grandfather? How did he bury all that crap? That's a whole story in itself." --Clint Eastwood, director of Changeling, regarding Sanford Clark "Anthony Flacco serves this one straight from the heart. Sanford Clark is an innocent victim of deliberate evil who is nearly vanquished out of existence, but once rescued, dedicates his life of quiet courage and loving decency for family."--Dave Pelzer, author of "A Child Called It" and 2005 National Jefferson Award Recipient "In a terrifying tour de force, Anthony Flacco drops the reader into California in the 1920's and takes us on a gut-wrenching ride through a killing rampage so hellish it makes the BTK serial killer's spree look tame. In the midst of the carnage, an innocent is forced to kill to survive and then must fight to redeem himself. Once you pick this book up, you will not be able put it down."--Jane Velez-Mitchell, Host of CNN's "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell," and author of "Secrets Can Be Murder: What America's Most Sensational Crimes Tell Us About Ourselves" "Th[is] story is one of the most horrific I know of--and I know a lot of stories. ...Northcott's crimes, which include the corruption of his nephew Sanford Clark, are certainly among the worst. Amazingly, the book not only shows us a picture of almost unimaginable evil, but also a picture of one man--Sanford Clark--who was able, beyond all expectation, to transcend the evil into which he was forced by his uncle [and] become, in the process, uncommonly good."--Dr. Michael Stone, Host of Discovery Investigation's "Most Evil," Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Attending