👉 Be sure to follow this early “sneak peek” of The Jacklighter on Kickstarter by clicking  Notify me on launch, so you'll be first in line for limited early-bird rewards when backing and pledges open next month. All reward levels will come with a free copy of the Chained Birds eBook, audiobook, or both. 🎉

Watch The Jacklighter Video Trailer on Kickstarter

Watch The Jacklighter video trailer on Kickstarter. Carla Conti's next true crime book is part cold-case investigation and part small-town Gothic—a chilling story of deadly obsession and a two-decade fight to expose the truth.
Watch The Jacklighter video trailer on Kickstarter. Carla Conti’s next true crime book is part cold-case investigation and part small-town Gothic—a chilling story of deadly obsession and a two-decade fight to expose the truth.

The Jacklighter is Carla's next true crime book.

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Chained Birds: A Crimemoir, the Award-Winning True Crime Memoir

The re-launch of Carla Conti's award-winning true crime memoir, Chained Birds: A Crimemoir, is an "Author's Cut" edition with 20+ new photos, sketches, and prison artwork.Carla Conti's author-narrated performance of CHAINED BIRDS: A CRIMEMOIR has won AudiobookReviewer.com's BEST CRIMEMOIR of 2025. AudioBookReviewer praised Carla's captivating narration style, saying, "The dialogue was rich and authentic, allowing the listener to become fully immersed ..."

Chained Birds Book Trailer

Order CHAINED BIRDS: A CRIMEMOIR on Amazon in all formats: eBook, the author narrated audiobook, hardcover, and paperback

Praise for Chained Birds: A Crimemoir

Indie Reader, which chose CHAINED BIRDS as its 2025 True Crime Winner, calls the book "Raw and unflinching ... a gripping exploration of the U.S. prison system's underbelly ... LINGERS LONG AFTER THE FINAL PAGE."Manhattan Book Reviews says CHAINED BIRDS is "Gripping ... from frustration to sadness and even awe at the events that transpired ... DESTINED TO BE A TRUE CRIME CLASSIC."BestThrillers.com calls CHAINED BIRDS "An emotional, eye-popping, personal expose of the American prison system ... ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST THRILLERS."How to order the new Chained Birds edition

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Carla Conti - True Crime Journalist, Storyteller, Prison Reform Advocate

Carla Conti is a journalist and the award-winning author of Chained Birds: A Crimemoir. Her next true crime book, The Jacklighter, is set for release in 2026. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, who supports her true crime habit.

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