Jamie Gehring

Author

Jamie Gehring is a Montana native who grew up sharing a backyard with Ted Kaczynski, the man widely known as the Unabomber. She was featured in Netflix’s Unabomber: In His Own Words where she discussed her family’s role in Ted’s capture.

Her narrative nonfiction debut, Madman in the Woods: Life Next Door to the Unabomber has been covered in publications such as Elle, New York Post, Slate, A & E True Crime, Oxygen True Crime, 5280, and in podcasts including The Last Podcast on the Left, True Crime Garage, Once Upon a Crime, LA Not So Confidential, Mind Over Murder, and True Murder. 

She recently was shortlisted for the CrimeCon True Crime Awards for “Best New True Crime Author.” Other accolades include a 2022 PenCraft Book Award for literary excellence in Nonfiction/Memoir, a 2022 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book award for Notable Indie, and first place winner of the Firebird Book Awards in Memoir/Nonfiction. 



Jamie holds a BA in visual communications and spent the first half of her career in finance. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, three children, and two cats.