Mikita Brottman is a British American non-fiction author, scholar, and psychoanalyst known for her interest in true crime. Her writing blends a number genres, often incorporating elements of autobiography, psychoanalysis, forensic psychology, and literary history. The most consistent focus of Brottman's work, however, is her reconsideration and transformation of the true crime genre. Her most recent book, "An Unexplained Death," is a compelling, often creepy account of her own obsession with a mysterious incident in Baltimore's old Belvedere Hotel.