After seeing her attacker, Sebold — the author behind 2002's The Lovely Bones and 2007's The Almost ... Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for N.Y.C. Murder South Dakota Preschool Teacher Charged ...

But "The Lovely Bones"? Not such a lovely story ... surprise best-seller upon its 2002 release -- concerns the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl, Susie Salmon, in 1973 Pennsylvania.