Tom Folsom

Tom Folsom is an American author and screenwriter, director, and producer of documentaries, and his work has appeared at Sundance and on A&E and Showtime. He lives in New York City with his wife. He has described his works as concerned with "rebels and outlaws." Folsom became involved in films while working on projects about Ernest Hemingway, and went on to become an expert on the mob, writing major national bestselling books including Mr. Untouchable (with drug kingpin Leroy "Nicky" Barnes, while in the federal witness protection program) and The Mad Ones: Crazy Joe Gallo and the Revolution at the Edge of the Underworld. Folsom is also the author of the authoritative Dennis Hopper bio, Hopper: A Savage American Journey, for which Ralph Steadman produced the art.