“In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote This story is the account of a savage and senseless murder of a family. When writing this book, the author, Truman Capote, separated crime reporting from serious literature. As he relives the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, Capote creates suspense. This non fiction novel has started a whole new type of writing. It has been called literary journalism and creative non fiction. Truman Capote was born in 1924 and died in 1984. He wrote both fiction and non fiction including sho