A horrifying murder that inspired a spate of polarizing tell-all memoirs and true-crime books is back in the news.

Yesterday, an Italian appeals court reinstated a guilty verdict against Amanda Knox, the U.S. college student convicted of killing her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in 2007 while studying abroad in Italy. Knox spent four years in Italian prison before the murder charge was overturned in 2011, and she returned home to Seattle.

Knox, who remained in the U.S. during this third trial, was sentenced to 28 and a half years in prison. Although Italy and the U.S. have an extradition agreement, it is unknown whether Knox will be forced to return to complete her sentence. Before the verdict was announced, Knox told an Italian newspaper that, if convicted again, she is willing to become “a fugitive.”

During the trial’s closing remarks, an attorney for Kercher’s family said, “No one remembers Meredith, while the two defendants write books, speak to the media, and earn money.”

In February 2012, Knox received a $4 million book deal from HarperCollins for her memoir, Waiting to be Heard. In a September 2013 television interview she said the money paid off her debts. “I carefully dispersed it where it was due: to taxes, to my lawyers and to my family so they no longer have mortgages at stake. Part of it went in fees to my agent, part to my collaborator. I am negotiating the last of it “¦ for the latest legal fees. If not for the book deal, I could have been facing a lifetime of financial burden.”

Knox’s co-accused, her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, co-wrote a book, Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox, published by Simon & Schuster imprint Gallery Books. Kercher’s father, John, also co-wrote a book sharing his side of the story. Meredith: Our Daughter’s Murder and the Heartbreaking Quest for the Truth was published in 2012 by Hodder & Stoughton.

Over the past three years the sordid details of the case have attracted many other enterprising writers. A search on Amazon returns at least another dozen books and e-singles (many of which are self-published) that paint Knox as either a “monster” or a victim of injustice. If Knox does become a fugitive, expect that number to increase.