A former reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Dan Slater has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, New York magazine, The Atlantic, GQ, and Fast Company. He is the author of Love in the Time of Algorithms. A graduate of Colgate University and Brooklyn Law School, he lives in New England. Pete Simonelli lives in Brooklyn, NY and works as a freelance writer and audiobook narrator. He is also a poet who not only creates powerful words on paper, but also transforms them on stage as lead vocalist for the band he co-founded, Enablers.
'Wolf Boys should be required reading, especially for anyone who supports the blood-chilling, appalling trade in illegal drugs.' -- Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club 'The truth is stranger than fiction and sometimes it's much more harrowing. Wolf Boys is one of those times. Dan Slater has put together a riveting story that takes us on an unforgettable descent into the dark heart of the drug trade.' -- Michael Connelly, author 'Wolf Boys is a rare book that reads like a thriller without aiming to be one. What Dan Slater does intend for it to be-and what he powerfully succeeds in creating-is an intimate, horrifying journey through a war we know is close and intractable, a war we willfully ignore with the faith that a river and a wall keeps its brutality at bay. With courageous detail and unforgettable characters, Slater will bring you not only to refute such faith, but to feel for the marginalized Americans on both sides of the conflict.' -- Jeff Hobbs, author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace 'Raw, gut-wrenching, and deflating, journalist Slater's investigation into Mexican drug cartel activity will give readers pause ... A must-read for fans of true crime and investigative journalism.' -- Library Journal 'Engrossing and readable yet nightmarish vision of a hyperviolent and corporatized narcotics industry, seducing a new generation with minimal alternatives.' -- Kirkus Reviews