J. Reuben Appelman's true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, inspired the popular Hulu docuseries, ?Children of the Snow? (2020), with Appelman serving as an on-camera investigator and Executive Producer. He received an MFA in poetry from Boise State University and has published across all genres. Appelman currently works as a private investigator in the state of Idaho, where he has lived for nearly twenty-five years.