Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob

As a reporter for nearly two decades for the Boston Globe, Dick Lehr won numerous journalism awards and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A professor of journalism at Boston University, he is coauthor of the Edgar Award-winning Black Mass, the Edgar Award finalist Judgment Ridge, and The Underboss. He lives near Boston with his wife and four children. Gerard O'Neill was the editor of the Boston Globe's Spotlight Team, one of the nation's top investigative reporting units, for 25 years. He worked for the Globe from 1966 to 1991, He holds a master¿s in journalism from Boston University. His many awards include a Pulitzer Prize, the Hancock award, and the Loeb award. He is the co-author of The Underboss: The Rise and Fall of a Mafia Family and Black Mass, which won the MWA's 2000 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. His new book is Rogues and Redeemers: When Politics Was King in Irish Boston (2015). He lives in Back Bay with his wife, Janet and has two sons.