The Ultimate Biker Anthology

Outlaw bikers and 1%er motorcycle clubs have always carefully guarded their privacy, however in recent years more and more books have come to be written by and about outlaw bikers, the lifestyle, and the realities of life inside the patched motorcycle club world. This anthology brings together some of the best authors in the world, who have recently written about motorcycle clubs, outlaw bikers and the biker culture. It features excerpts from internationally well-known authors such as Peter Edwards, Tony Thompson, Edward Winterhalder and Iain Parke, but also contains literary work from those who are relatively unknown and those who have only achieved recognition on a local scale. Covering both factual accounts of life inside clubs such as the Hells Angels, Satan's Choice, Bandidos, Rock Machine, and the Outlaws, as well as leading examples of biker based fiction that explore the images of bikers and crucial themes such as loyalty, respect and honor, this compilation is intended to introduce the reader to the secretive world of motorcycle clubs and outlaw bikers.

Outlaw bikers and 1%er motorcycle clubs have always carefully guarded their privacy, however in recent years more and more books have come to be written by and about outlaw bikers, the lifestyle, and the realities of life inside the patched motorcycle club world. This anthology brings together some of the best authors in the world, who have recently written about motorcycle clubs, outlaw bikers and the biker culture. It features excerpts from internationally well-known authors such as Peter Edwards, Tony Thompson, Edward Winterhalder and Iain Parke, but also contains literary work from those who are relatively unknown and those who have only achieved recognition on a local scale. Covering both factual accounts of life inside clubs such as the Hells Angels, Satan's Choice, Bandidos, Rock Machine, and the Outlaws, as well as leading examples of biker based fiction that explore the images of bikers and crucial themes such as loyalty, respect and honor, this compilation is intended to introduce the reader to the secretive world of motorcycle clubs and outlaw bikers.

Edward Winterhalder is an American author who has written more than twenty-five books about motorcycle clubs and outlaw biker culture published in the English, French, German and Spanish languages; a television producer who has created programs about motorcycle clubs and the outlaw biker lifestyle for networks and broadcasters worldwide; a singer, songwriter, musician and record producer; and screenwriter. Winterhalder has produced segments, episodes and documentaries for television such as Gangland, Outlaw Bikers, Gang World, Iron Horses, Marked, Biker Chicz, One Percenters, Recon Commando: Vietnam and Living On The Edge; and is the creator and executive producer of Steel Horse Cowboys, Real American Bikers and Biker Chicz. A prominent member of the Bandidos motorcycle club from 1997 to 2003 and associate from 1979 to 1996, he was instrumental is expanding the organization worldwide and assigned to coordinate the assimilation of the Rock Machine into the Bandidos during the Quebec Biker War—a conflict that cost more than one-hundred sixty people their lives. Associated with motorcycle clubs and outlaw bikers for almost thirty years, Winterhalder has been seen on Fox News (O'Reilly Factor with Bill O'Reilly & America's Newsroom), CNN, Bravo, Al Jazeera, BBC, ABC Nightline, MSNBC News Nation, Good Morning America, History Channel, Global, National Geographic, History Television, AB Groupe, and CBC. Books written by Edward Winterhalder include Searching For My Identity: The Chronological Evolution Of A Troubled Adolescent To Outlaw Biker (2022); Searching For My Identity: The Chronological Evolution Of An Outlaw Biker On The Road To Redemption (2022); The Blue And Silver Shark: A Biker's Story with co-author Marc Teatum (2015); Biker Chicz: The Attraction Of Women To Motorcycles And Outlaw Bikers with co-author Wil De Clercq (2014); The Ultimate Biker Anthology: An Introduction To Books About Motorcycle Clubs And Outlaw Bikers with co-editor Iain Parke (2013); The Moon Upstairs: A Biker's Story with co-author Marc Teatum (2012); One Light Coming: A Biker's Story with co-author Marc Teatum (2011); Biker Chicz of North America with co-author Wil De Clercq (2010); The Mirror: A Biker's Story with co-author James Richard Larson (2010); Biker Chicks: The Magnetic Attraction of Women to Bad Boys and Motorbikes with co-authors Arthur Veno and Wil De Clercq (2009); All Roads Lead To Sturgis: A Biker's Story with co-author James Richard Larson (2009); The Assimilation: Rock Machine Become Bandidos - Bikers United Against The Hells Angels with co-author Wil De Clercq (2008); and Out In Bad Standings: Inside The Bandidos Motorcycle Club - The Making Of A Worldwide Dynasty (2005), and his screenplays include Bloodline Redemption, Twin Roads To Revenge, Vindication, Das Portal and Biker Daddy.