Peter Edwards has written for the Toronto Star for over twenty-five years, specializing in organized crime and justice issues. He is the author of twelve non-fiction books, including The Bandido Massacre: A True Story of Bikers, Brotherhood and Betrayal; One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police and the Ipperwash Crisis; A Mother’s Story: The Fight to Free My Son David (with Joyce Milgaard); and Unrepentant: The Strange and (sometimes) Terrible Life of Lorne Campbell, Satan’s Choice and Hells Angel Biker. Edwards has been awarded an eagle feather from the Union of Ontario Indians and a gold medal from the Centre for Human Rights.

Antonio Nicaso is a bestselling author of twenty-seven books on organized crime, a regular consultant to governments and law-enforcement agencies, a keynote speaker at symposia around the world and a lecturer at several universities. He teaches postgraduate courses on the history of organized crime at the Italian School of Middlebury College at Mills (California). In Italy, Nicaso has co-authored nine bestselling books.