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who frequently collaborates with

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agent John E. Douglas in writing books about criminal and investigative psychology. In 1995, they formed Mindhunters, Inc. and later released '' Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit'', which was made into a

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series '' Mindhunter'' in 2017. Olshaker worked with public health scientist,

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, detailing the medical system's lack of preparation for another pandemic in their book '' Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs''. In his ''

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'' article ''"We’re Not Ready for a Flu Pandemic"'', Olshaker criticized the lack of funding the government invested in developing a flu vaccine, citing the

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only received $32 million and Biomedical Advanced Research received $43 million for such research in 2017. Olshaker is a supporter of

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Publications

* Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit.'' New York: Scribner. 1995. * Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''Journey into Darkness.'' New York: Scribner. 1997. * Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''Obsession: The FBI's Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists and Stalkers and Their Victims and Tells How to Fight Back.'' New York: Scribner. 1998. * Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals.'' New York: Scribner. 1999. * Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. '' The Cases That Haunt Us.'' New York: Scribner. 2000. * Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''Law & Disorder.'' New York: Kensington 2013. * Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter.'' New York: HarperCollins. 2020. * Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer''. Dey Street Books. 2020 * Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town''. Dey Street Books. 2022

Fiction

* Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''Broken Wings (Mindhunters).'' Atria. 1999.

References

External links

Mindhunters website
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