About the author

Jim Proser

<p>Award-winning and bestselling author Jim Proser grew up as the fourth of five sons of nightclub impresario Monte Proser and film actress Jane Ball in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.</p><p>His latest book from St. Martin&#8217;s Press, &#8220;SAVAGE MESSIAH; How Dr. Jordan Peterson is Saving Western Civilization&#8221; &#160;is the biography of one of the most controversial figures of our time &#8211; Dr. Jordan Peterson.</p><p>Jim began his professional writing career at age 15 as a city reporter for the Lambertville (NJ) Beacon newspaper and went on as a journalist to write for&#160;Investor&#8217;s Business Daily and National &#160;Review Online. &#160;He has written screenplays for&#160;20th Century Fox Television, Showtime Networks and numerous independent producers.</p><p>His first book, &#8220;Mr. Copacabana&#8221;&#160;is in negotiations as an extended dramatic television series. &#160;The book reveals the outrageous life story of Jim&#8217;s father, Monte Proser, creator and operator of the iconic nightclub, and his involuntary business partnership with Frank Costello, the infamous &#8220;Prime Minister&#8221; of the mafia.</p><p>His second book, &#8220;I&#8217;m Staying with My Boys; The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC&#8221; was published by St. Martin&#8217;s Press and awarded the United States Marine Corps Commandant&#8217;s Recommendation in 2011. It &#160;was the source material for the subsequent&#160;documentary film&#160;written and directed by Mr. Proser. &#160;The book and documentary have also served as the source material for speaking engagements to the United States Naval Institute in Washington DC, the University of Northern Idaho Writer&#8217;s Symposium, Bowdoin College Advanced Literature Studies, the Coeur D&#8217;Alene Charter Academy and numberous civic organizations and secondary schools.</p><p>His third book, &#8220;No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy; The Life of General James Mattis&#8221; was published by HarperCollins publishers and released on August 7, 2018. The book has achieved the rank of #1 in its category and #17 overall on amazon.com. He has been interviewed about the book on&#160;&#8220;The Story with Martha MacCallum&#8221;&#160;and&#160;&#8220;Fox and Friends&#8221;&#160;on the Fox News Network.</p><p>Jim lives in Pennington, New Jersey&#160;and spends his days working on his next book and writing inflammatory political posts for his blog at&#160;jimproser.com.</p>