--- description: The mother of Dylan Klebold, 1 of the 2 Columbine shooters who opened fire on their fellow classmates 15 years ago, will write a memoir. title: Columbine Shooter's Mother Signs Memoir Deal image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f9ace9b21365233/6986a4ec13c79f57e7194064/86050393.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # One of the Columbine Shooters' Mothers Is Writing a Book  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 23, 2014 6:52 PM CUT  Miniature crosses are displayed to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings at Clement Park April 20, 2009 in Littleton, Colorado. Miniature crosses are displayed to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings at Clement Park April 20, 2009 in Littleton, Colorado.Marc Piscotty—Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 23, 2014 6:52 PM CUT The mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the two Columbine High School shooters who opened fire on their fellow classmates 15 years ago and killed 13 people before committing suicide, will write a memoir of the “indescribable grief and shame” she has lived with since the day of the massacre. Susan Klebold decided to share her story after a spate of similar school shootings culminated in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, according to Crown Publishers, which announced the deal on Tuesday, the Associated Press [reports](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/50fd09641ab6440085f715c8b7ec9078/mother-columbine-shooter-has-book-deal "undefined"). Klebold said she would donate all of her profits from the book to charitable causes, including mental health research. The publisher has not yet determined the book’s title or release date. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/50fd09641ab6440085f715c8b7ec9078/mother-columbine-shooter-has-book-deal "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3422711/columbine-shooter-mother-book/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3422711/columbine-shooter-mother-book/"},"headline":"One of the Columbine Shooters' Mothers Is Writing a Book","datePublished":"2014-09-23T18:52:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:21:56.462Z","description":"The memoir will confront 15 years of “indescribable grief and shame\"","url":"https://time.com/3422711/columbine-shooter-mother-book/","keywords":["Crime","Sandy Hook"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f9ace9b21365233/6986a4ec13c79f57e7194064/86050393.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f9ace9b21365233/6986a4ec13c79f57e7194064/86050393.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Columbine HS Massacre Remembered Ten Years Later","caption":"Columbine HS Massacre Remembered Ten Years Later","creditText":"Marc Piscotty—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3422711/columbine-shooter-mother-book/","name":"One of the Columbine Shooters' Mothers Is Writing a Book"}}]}] ```