Andrew B. Koski
|
Andrew B. Koski was born on the south coast of Puerto Rico, where his father, a former WWII pilot, flew crop dusters and his mother taught school. Both parents held pilot’s licenses. In addition to growing up around aircraft, Andy has had a life-long fascination with all things marine and graduated from the US Merchant Marine Academy with a US Navy commission and a marine license as a deck officer. During his career, he held both an Unlimited Master Oceans and Harbor Pilot licenses while traveling the globe. Eventually, Andrew came ashore and went into television production accounting. While working for PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, CBS Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television, he became fascinated with how compelling characters and stories unfold. He enjoys tales that weave in little-known historical tidbits and that raise a thought-provoking eyebrow or two.
|
Peter J. Barnett
|
Peter J. Barnett was raised in the small town of Chico in Northern California. At a young age, he was fascinated by all kinds of aircraft and boats. After finishing his film and television degree at California State University at Northridge, he took a right turn to pursue his dream of becoming an aviator and joined the United States Marines, retiring as a Colonel. He flew around our beautiful country and Europe for ten years. He returned to Hollywood as a production executive and produced several television shows for HBO, Apple TV, and ABC. Peter has always been passionate about storytelling, history, and travel, exploring over sixty countries and forty-nine states. He especially enjoys stories based on true-life people and actual events. Filled with nuggets of historical facts, Rum Runner will entertain you at each turn of the page.
|
Rum Runner: Prohibition
|
Historical Fiction / Action Adventure / Romance
Rum Runner - Prohibition dives deep into 1920s Detroit’s world of elegant speakeasies and raucous jazz clubs, cast against the backdrop of mogul creating industries. Rampant rum running turned Detroit into one of the most exciting, quirky, and frenetic cities of its day.. Jack Lyons, a Mid-Western nobody, a farm boy from nowhere, returns from The Great War as a scarred combat aviator. By day he leads his growing aviation company, but by night, Jack directs his multi-ethnic band of brothers smuggling liquor across the Canadian border. Using his speed boat Francine, they evade all threats while leveraging their profits to help less fortunate veterans. Jack’s greatest threat, other than himself, is the notorious Jewish Purple Gang and their relentless OCD lieutenant, Ira Cohen. They run Detroit’s illegal vices exterminating anyone who crosses them. As Jack battles the Purples, our emotionally impaired aviator’s world is turned upside down when his path crosses Ava Murphy, an orphaned Latina-Irish customs attorney. They begin a slow burn, bumpy romance, neither one sure about the other. As Jack confronts his past demons, will Ava become his nemesis or the love of his life? 
|
