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Dan Uselton

Dan Uselton

Dan Uselton is an Oregon-based thriller author whose novels explore psychological manipulation, moral collapse, and the stories people tell themselves to justify the unthinkable. His works include My Twelve-Year-Old Wife and Memoirs of a Serial Killer. Learn more at https://danuseltonauthor.com

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Dan Uselton

FictionMiscellany

What Makes Readers Believe Unreliable Narrators

You know a narrator is lying. The story makes that clear. The details don’t line up. The tone shifts. Something feels off. And you keep believing them anyway. Not because you’re convinced, but because the story gives you just enough to stay. Readers don’t need a narrator to be truthful.…
Dan Uselton
May 15, 2026
Miscellany

The Psychology of Writing a Serial Killer

To write convincingly from the perspective of a serial killer, you have to spend time inside a mindset most people instinctively avoid. That discomfort reveals things about how people justify their actions. When I began writing Memoirs of a Serial Killer, shock value wasn’t the goal. I wasn’t interested in…
Dan Uselton
March 23, 2026