Burton B. Turkus, the Assistant District Attorney in Kings Country (Brooklyn) sent Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and six other Murder Incorporated gangsters to the electric chair. After breaking up the Syndicate "Killing Machine," he went on to become one of the most successful labor negotiators in New York history during the 1950's, 60's and 70's. Co-author Sid Feder was a veteran war correspondent during World War II. For 17 years he covered crime and other national stories for the Associated Press and wrote dozens of articles for the Saturday Evening Post, True and Collier's magazine among others.
Paula Reed is the style director at Grazia , the UK's highly influential glossy fashion weekly. She is a regular on Project Catwalk in the UK and is cohost on Twiggy's Frock Exchange with the original supermodel. She is a former columnist for InStyle in the United States and has held the position of fashion or style director for several fashion magazines and British newspapers for the past twelve years, including the Sunday Times , InStyle UK , Harpers & Queen , and Cond� Nast Traveler . Her writing has appeared in the Times (London), The Financial Times , Elle , and Town & Country . She lives in London with her family.A five-time Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and former… correspondent for ABC News, Peter Lance has covered hundreds of stories worldwide for 20/20 , Nightline , and World News Tonight . He is the author of 1000 Years for Revenge , Cover Up , and the novel First Degree Burn , and he lives in California.