James L. Swanson is the Edgar Award–winning author of the
New York Times bestseller Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for
Lincoln’s Killer and an executive producer of the 2024 Apple
TV+ Manhunt series. As a Historic Deerfield Fellow in Early
American History, he lived in a pre–Revolutionary War house
near the massacre site in Deerfield, Massachusetts.
New book: THE DEERFIELD MASSACRE: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America