Chained Birds: A Crimemoir

by Carla Conti, Rowena Carenen (Editor)

Overview

**This "Author's Cut" 3rd edition is a re-launch of the award-winning true crime memoir, now with 20+ new photos, sketches, and prison artwork, plus a sample of Carla's next true crime book.**

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798999460141
Publisher:	Crimemoir Press
Publication date:	08/01/2025
Edition description:	Author's Cut
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.11(d)

About the Author

Carla Conti is a former journalist and author of the award-winning true crime memoir CHAINED BIRDS: A CRIMEMOIR, a prison abuse exposé about justice and survival in federal prison. It took her ten years to write as she balanced the safety of the story participants (including herself) in this tell-all thriller of prison gang hit orders and corrupt officials.

CHAINED BIRDS has won multiple 2025 indie book awards, including 1st Place in True Crime from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Winner in True Crime from the Indie Reader Discovery Awards, Silver in True Crime from the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), and a 1st Place Nellie Bly Journalism award from the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

In the summer of 2025, Carla obtained the rights to her award-winning debut back and re-launched CHAINED BIRDS with new 20+ photos, sketches, and prison artwork.

She's working on her next true crime book, THE JACKLIGHTER: MURDER, SECRETS, AND THE HUNT FOR TRUTH IN SMALL-TOWN PENNSYLVANIA , scheduled for release in 2026. A preview of THE JACKLIGHTER is at the end of CHAINED BIRDS' new edition, and her newsletter subscribers can get this sneak peek for free by signing up on her blog at CarlaJeanConti.com.

Carla lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, who supports her true crime habit.

Editorial Reviews

"RAW AND UNFLINCHING ... a deep dive into systemic corruption, gang dynamics, and the arduous journey toward justice ... this impactful read lingers long after the final page."

Indie Reader