Suzy Spencer is an American author and journalist who made the New York Times Best Seller list in 1998 with her first true crime book Wasted.

[3] Her book Wasted about the 1995 murder of Regina Hartwell in Austin, Texas,[4] made the New York Times Best Seller list in 1998.

In February 2002, St. Martin's Press released Spencer's book, Breaking Point, about the Andrea Yates murders of her five children.

[7] Her book The Fortune Hunter was the basis of the 2021 Lifetime movie Secrets of a Gold Digger Killer starring Julie Benz.

[8] Spencer was called by ABC's PRIMETIME LIVE program Austin, Texas' best-known true crime writer.