Leah Sottile’s investigations, long-form features, profiles, and essays have been published by The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Atavist, Outside, y El Atlántico, among others. She is the host of the podcasts Two Minutes Past Nine on BBC Radio 4, and Bundyville – which was nominated twice for a National Magazine Award. When police in Rexburg, Idaho, attempted to perform a wellness check on 7-year-old J.J. Vallow and his sister, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, both children were nowhere to be found. Their mother, Lori Vallow, gave a phony explanation as to their whereabouts, and when officers returned the following day with a search warrant, she, too, was gone. As the police closed in, a more extensive web of mystery, murder, fanaticism, and deceit began to unravel. Vallow’s case is complex. As investigators prodded further, they found that the accused so-called “Black Widow” had an unusual number of bodies piled up around her. When the Moon Turns to Blood: Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and a Story of Murder, Wild Faith, and End Times (Twelve) tells a gripping story of extreme beliefs, true psychopaths, and snake oil prophets. It also explores the question: If it feels like the world is ending, how are people supposed to act?