Ron Turco is a police officer, forensic scientist
and psychiatrist. He is also the author of two books on the psychology of creativity, one dealing with artists, the other
on serial killers.
His book, Closely Watched Shadows, is a true crime murder mystery and a personal account
of what it took to develop the psychological profile that helped convict Westley Allan Dodd of the murders of three young
boys from Washington State. This book penetrates the mind of a pedophile and reveals the harrowing revulsion that drives the
hunter, a sensitive man, to examine the dark corners of his soul. It describes Ron’s personal struggle to re-establish
his sense of goodness and innocence.
Ron’s second book, The Architecture of Creativity–-Profiles Behind The Mask, uses
the same methods of psychoanalysis to define the personalities of eight famous artists based on their artwork. Ron is in private practice in clinical psychiatry and psychoanalysis in Portland, and is a member of the
Beaverton Police Department.
