After many years writing feature articles for national publications such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, and Esquire, as well as several nonfiction books, I plunged into writing my first novel. The idea for THE PURPLES came out of a long-ago family connection to the infamous Purple Gang, a wild group of Jewish rumrunners who ruled Detroit during Prohibition. (My connection is to the man who took them down.) With some facts and a lot of imagination I chronicle the gang's swift rise and fall through the voice of their smart, cynical, and slightly self-delusional leader, Joe Bernstein. I hope the book is as fun to read as it was to write. Find much more info about the writing and characters of the book at http://ThePurplesBook.com
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