Jerry Bledsoe

Jerry Bledsoe (born 1941) is an American author and journalist known for several true crime titles based on murders in his native state of North Carolina.

Bledsoe also contributes investigative reports to the Rhinoceros Times, including a 92-part, three-year series detailing the controversies surrounding the Greensboro Police Department.

His book Bitter Blood was #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted as a television movie.

Bledsoe established Down Home Press to publish books about North Carolina.

He and his wife, Linda, live in Randolph County, North Carolina.