"Jack Olsen" was an American journalist and author known for his crime reporting. Olsen was Senior Editor and Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times in 1954. He was Midwest bureau chief for Time (magazine)/Time magazine and a senior editor for Sports Illustrated in 1961. He was also a regular contributor to other publications, including Fortune (magazine)/Fortune and Vanity Fair (magazine)/Vanity Fair.

Olsen was described as "the dean of true crime authors" by the Washington Post and the New York Daily News and "the master of true crime" by the Detroit Free Press and Newsday. Publishers Weekly called him "the best true crime writer around." His studies of crime are required reading in university criminology courses and have been cited in the New York Times Notable Books of the Year. In a page-one review, the Times described his work as "a genuine contribution to criminology and journalism alike."

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