Johnathan Hillstrand is the captain of the Time Bandit during king crab season. When he's not embracing the elements at sea, the Homer, Alaska resident enjoys a zest for life on the edge that includes riding a Harley that is rigged to rocket to 120 mph at the touch of a button. Andy Hillstrand is skipper during opilio crab season and also runs the business side. During the off-season, Andy spends time at his ranch in Indiana, where he engages in his other passion - training horses. Malcolm Macpherson is a journalist and author of several fiction and non-fiction books. He served in the Marine Corps and worked as a staff journalist for Time and Newsweek magazines. Most recently, he reported… from Iraq on assignment with Time. He lives in Warrenton, Virginia. Previous titles: None.
On board Time Bandit, their family owned and operated vessel, brothers Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand share the skippering duties. Johnathan, a resident of Homer, Alaska, takes the helm during the king crab season. When not on deck, chances are he can be found on the back of his Harley Fat Boy. During opilio season it is Andy who sits in the wheelhouse. In the off-season, however, he can be found training horses on his ranch in Indiana. Malcolm MacPherson is a former correspondent for Newsweek and the author of more a dozen books including most recently the satirical war novel Hocus Potus and the nonfiction account of battle in Afghanistan, Roberts Ridge. He lives near the Blue Ridge… Mountains in Virginia with his wife and children. www.timebandit.tv/ From the Hardcover edition.
Journalist and author Malcolm MacPherson was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. At 11, he survived a car accident that killed his parents and was raised by relatives. He graduated from Trinity College in 1965 and served in the Marine Corps. He became a correspondent for Newsweek, where he covered numerous wars and conflicts including the invasion of Cyprus by Turkey and the Arab-Israeli war of 1973. He left the magazine in 1978 in order to become a full-time author. He wrote both fiction and non-fiction books including The Lucifer Key (1981), The Blood of His Servants (1984), In Cahoots (1994), Roberts Ridge (2005), and Hocus Potus (2007). He also did free-lance work for Time magazine. He… died of a heart attack on January 17, 2009 at the age of 65.