Alan Eysen

As an award-winning investigative journalist, editor and political columnist, Alan Eysen wrote for 30 years about real-world financial and political corruption. At Newsday, he served on the investigative team that won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize exposing misconduct by Long Island public officials. Later, he became a political consultant and experienced the other side of the story. Today, Eysen resides in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, where he continues to write and be inspired by the colorful characters and harrowing situations he experienced firsthand as a reporter. He can be found crafting his strong fictional characters with the help of an equally strong dry gin martini.