The Stranger Beside Me
| First edition | |
| Author | Ann Rule | 
|---|---|
| Language | English | 
| Genre | True crime | 
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company | 
| Publication date | August 17, 1980 | 
| Published in English | 1980 | 
| Pages | 480 | 
| ISBN | 978-0-393-05029-5 | 
| OCLC | 47123669 | 
The Stranger Beside Me is a 1980 autobiographical and biographical true crime book written by Ann Rule about serial killer Ted Bundy, whom she knew personally before and after his arrest for a series of murders. Subsequent revisions of the book were published in 1986, 1989, 2000, 2008, and 2021.