Alan Prendergast

Alan Prendergast is the author of two previous works of narrative nonfiction, The Poison Tree (an Edgar Award finalist) and Gangbuster: One Man’s Battle Against Crime, Corruption, and the Klan. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Outside, Slate, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today, as well as The Best American Sports Writing and The Best American Crime Reporting anthologies. He lives in Colorado and loves exploring back roads, byways, ghost towns, tourist traps, and enduring myths and mysteries across the West.