Bücher von Jason Ryan

Jason Ryan is a journalist living in Charleston, South Carolina, and is the author of Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, and the Sting That Launched the War on Drugs, a nonfiction account of the daring exploits of the South's "gentlemen" smugglers and the innovative, Reagan-era federal investigation that brought them to justice. Publishers Weekly praised it as a "thoroughly researched account ... Ryan recreates the era with a vivid, sun-drenched intensity." Kirkus hailed it as a "A well-told tale of true crime," while GQ called it "meticulously documented and lucidly spun... part New Yorker feature-part Jimmy Buffett song... the result is adventuresome, lavish, informative fun. Try it. You'll like it." Ryan was previously a staff reporter for The State newspaper in South Carolina's capital, Columbia. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.