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Nicholas Anthony Parisi

Born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, Nick grew up surrounded by the real-life legends of organized crime. He didn’t just study “The Families,” he knew them. The names in his books aren’t just subjects; they were family, friends, rivals, and mentors.

After relocating to California, Nick took a hard turn into the outlaw world, patching into one of the most notorious 1% motorcycle clubs in the nation. He didn’t just ride, he climbed, eventually becoming a national officer and living the life most true crime writers only imagine.

Today, when he’s not at the keyboard peeling back the layers of North America’s criminal underworld, you’ll find him on a golf course, fly fishing remote rivers, playing cards at a poker table, or chasing new stories

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Jimmy Breslin

Jimmy Breslin was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American columnist and author. He wrote numerous novels, and pieces of his have appeared regularly in various newspapers in his hometown of New York City. He was a regular columnist for the newspaper Newsday until his retirement on November 2, 2004.

Among his notable columns, perhaps the best known was published the day after John F. Kennedy's funeral, focusing on the man who had dug the president's grave. The column is indicative of Breslin's style, which often highlights how major events or the actions of those considered "newsworthy" affect the "common man."

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Jay Dobyns

Jay Dobyns is a highly decorated federal undercover agent, New York Times best selling author and celebrated public speaker. His unique presentations blend genuine life and death experiences, high-octane street smarts, humility, passion and humor. Jay delivers memorable speaking engagements that will captivate, motivate and inspire any audience.

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Henry Rausch

Henry Rausch graduated from Stanford University and after earning a commission at Officer Candidate School reported to USS L Mendel Rivers (SSN-686) in August 1985. There he served as an Engineering Assistant, Communicator, and Sonar Officer. The ship conducted four classified missions for which they were awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation, two Navy Expeditionary Medals, and the Arctic Service Ribbon. After that tour he served as Weapons Officer onboard USS Sunfish (SSN-649) which conducted deployments in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean. He left active service and served in the Reserves, primarily in NATO Submarine Command and Control. He retired as a Commander in 2005 with 22 years of service and lives with his wife in Harpers Ferr

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Joshua Bowe

Joshua Bowe lives in Chaska, Minnesota with his wife Misty. Two of their four children are in college, and two have families of their own. He served twelve years in the Minnesota National Guard and continues to work full-time for the National Guard as a civilian. You can follow his blog and post reviews on his Amazon and Goodreads author pages. Check out his YouTube channel to view a book trailer and slideshow featuring photos taken by his dad and fellow soldiers during their time in Vietnam.

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James Watson

Senior Chief James Dennis “Patches” Watson III was a Plank Owner of the SEAL Team Two.

Watson was the Curator Emeritus of the UDT-SEAL Museum in Ft. Pierce, FL

An original plank owner of SEAL Team TWO, Jim served three tours in Vietnam as platoon chief earning sixteen combat decorations, four of which are Bronze Stars all with Combat “V”.

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Matt Birkbeck

Matt Birkbeck (born Brooklyn, N.Y.) is a bestselling author and journalist.
His debut work of fiction, The Wicked, was published in August 2025.

He is best known for his nonfiction books A Beautiful Child, which told the tragic story of "Sharon Marshall" and Franklin Delano Floyd, and the sequel Finding Sharon, which is a memoir about his ten-year effort, along with the FBI and National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, to find Sharon's true identity.

Both books were adapted by Netflix for the hit 2022 film Girl in the Picture, which Matt served as executive producer.

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Marc Cameron

A native of Texas, Marc Cameron is a retired Chief Deputy US Marshal who spent nearly thirty years in law enforcement. His assignments have taken him from rural Alaska to Manhattan, from Canada to Mexico and points in between. A second degree black belt in jujitsu, he often teaches defensive tactics to other law enforcement agencies and civilian groups. Cameron lives in Alaska with his wife and BMW motorcycle.

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David Fisher

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David Fisher is the author of more than twenty New York Times bestsellers and coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies series. His work has also appeared in most major magazines and many newspapers. He lives in New York with his wife and two sons.

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James E. Miller

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Jimmy Breslin

Jimmy Breslin was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American columnist and author. He wrote numerous novels, and pieces of his have appeared regularly in various newspapers in his hometown of New York City. He was a regular columnist for the newspaper Newsday until his retirement on November 2, 2004.

Among his notable columns, perhaps the best known was published the day after John F. Kennedy's funeral, focusing on the man who had dug the president's grave. The column is indicative of Breslin's style, which often highlights how major events or the actions of those considered "newsworthy" affect the "common man."

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Philip Carlo

Philip Carlo was the author of The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer, his New York Times bestselling book about Richard “Ice Man” Kuklinski, murderer of 200 people and a favorite among all seven of the East Coast crime families. He was also the author of Gaspipe, The Butcher, and The Night Stalker, which chronicles the brutal career of serial killer Richard Ramirez. Carlo grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, amidst the world’s highest concentration of Mafia members. When he was 16, Carlo was shot in the head in a gang war, and while recuperating, he read voraciously, discovering the magic of books for the first time. His intimate knowledge of Mafia culture—their walk and their talk—helped Carlo become a successful crime writer. H

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Casey Sherman

Casey Sherman is a New York Times Bestselling Author of 13 books including The Finest Hours (now a major motion picture starring Casey Affleck & Chris Pine), Boston Strong (the basis for the film Patriots Day starring Mark Wahlberg), Animal & Hunting Whitey.
Sherman is also the author of 12, Search for the Strangler, Animal, Bad Blood, Black Irish, Black Dragon, Above & Beyond and The Ice Bucket Challenge.
Sherman is a contributing writer for TIME, Esquire, Washington Post, Boston Herald and Boston Magazine and has appeared as a guest an analyst on more than 100 television news programs.
Sherman is a graduate of Barnstable High School (Cape Cod), Fryeburg Academy (Fryeburg, Me.) and Boston University.

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Wayne "Big Chuck" Bradshaw

Wayne “Big Chuck” Bradshaw is an Army veteran, former member of the outlaw Pagans motorcycle gang, and 20-year veteran of the Middletown New Jersey Police Department. After he retired and moved to Florida, he began teaching self-defense classes to women. Bradshaw lives in Cape Coral, Florida, with his wife, Barbara.

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Ben H. English

Ben H. English is an eighth-generation Texan who grew up in the Big Bend. At seventeen he joined the Marines, ultimately becoming a chief scout-sniper as well as an infantry platoon sergeant. Later he worked as a counterintelligence specialist and traveled to over thirty countries on four continents.

At Angelo State University he graduated Magna Cum Laude along with other honors. Afterwards Ben had a career in the Texas Highway Patrol, holding several instructor billets involving firearms, driving, patrol procedures and defensive tactics.

After retirement and a few years of teaching high school, he decided to try his hand at writing. His first effort, ‘Yonderings,’ was accepted immediately by a university press and garnered several awards. Hi

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Tracy Walder

Tracy Walder trabalhou como staff operations officer do Centro de Contraterrorismo da CIA e foi agente especial da delegação de Los Angeles do FBI, especializada em operações de contrainformação chinesa. Faz atualmente parte da direção do grupo Girl Security, que pretende dar a conhecer o tema da segurança nacional às raparigas das escolas preparatórias dos Estados Unidos de modo a torná-las numa força transformadora num mundo tradicionalmente dominado pelo género masculino.

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Stu Friedman

Stu Friedmanis a highly decorated Detective Sergeant that served 23 years with the NYC Transit Police and NYPD. He worked in plainclothes, undercover, was a detective and detective supervisor in numerous units.

He has been shot, stabbed, has had bones broken. He still has a bullet lodged in his chest to this day. He was the youngest member of the department to ever be awarded the presitigious Police Combat Cross. He was the recipient of two Medal For Valor awards, the department third highest award. He was the 1986 Jewish Cop of the Year, has received the Military Order of the Purple Heart Law Enforcement Citation, and the PBA "Cop of the Month" award on three separate occasions. The DEA has recognized him for his support and leadership of

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Morten Storm

Morton Storm is a former radical Islamist born in Korsør, Denmark. After plunging deep inside the world of al Qaeda, he became a double agent employed by the American, British, and Danish intelligence agencies. He lives in an undisclosed location.

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Sandra K-Horn

Sandra K-Horn is an author known for both fiction and nonfiction works. She has written novels such as Downward Spiral and The Springridge Incident, as well as a nonfiction book titled Undercover: Becoming Street Smart in Central Ohio. She has received an Honorable Mention from the Eric Hoffer Award (2008), was featured in the Ohioana Library Festival (2021), and appeared on Amazon's Bestseller list for True Crime Biographies (2024). She will be the featured author in the show "Ekphrasis" at the Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center in the Fall of 2027.

She has a Substack account, publishing under the name "Oh Hello There! by Sandra KHorn," and an Instagram account under the handle @sandrakhornauthor. You can also reach her at her website,

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