I just wrote a new blog post on the cases of Kathleen Hale and Richard Brittain. In ways Kathleen is more surprising - she's published, I would think she had a lot to lose by doing this - but the sheer violence of Richard's attack - he could have killed her...

Read my full post here:-

http://martynstanley.com/authors-self...

I hope it comes across as fair and balanced. I feel like a bit of a bridge between the author community and the reviewer community - I review and I write. So I've tried to see both points of views. I can't find justification for Hale or Brittains actions though :(