THE author of 18 true crime books will be at the Old Wentworth Gaol on Thursday to present a talk on authorship and research.

Roy Maloy's intrigue of true crime was first sparked in childhood from a comment made by his dad about the Australian version of Al Capone.

"The name was Squizzy Taylor, and that just kind of stuck with me, there's a pantomime feel to it," he said.

"There was one book th...