Silas Jayne: Chicago's Suburban Gangster
Bryan W. Alaspa is a Chicago native and professional writer. He is the author of the nonfiction booksGhosts of St. Louis: The Lemp Mansion and Other Eerie Tales,Chicago Crime Stories: Rich Gone Wrong,Chicago DisastersandForgotten Tales of Illinois. He is also the author of the fiction novelsBallad of the Blue Denim Gang,The Vanished Child,Dust, Rig, Gone, Sin-Eater: Part OneandAfter the Snowfall. He also writes about baseball for one online publication and writes an arts and entertainment articles for another. He still hopes to one day write the definitive book about Chicago.