Alan Jacobson - Inmate 1577

Jill, my wife, who has put up with insane schedules, long hours, and the unrelenting stress of multiple deadlines. I look forward to spending more time with you.

Additionally, many thanks to my draft readers, whose sharp eyes caught a litany of typos: C. J. Snow, and Jeff and Danielle Jacobson.

Thanks, as well, to those who have helped me get my books into readers’ hands: the awesome Tom Hedtke, Vicki Lorini, Keith Kilby, and Nathan Spradlin; John Keese; Valerie Burnside, Kara Schneider, and Jeff Bobby.

Marc Stiles; Patrick Malloy; Pam Woods, Kirk Pasich; J. B. Dickey, Fran Fuller; Joan Hansen; Patrick Millikin; Bobby McCue, Linda Brown; Jennifer Ballot; Scott C. Maynard, Amanda Kruse, Patrick McGhee, Sheree Tolman; Peter MacHott, Willie Davis, Jennifer Griffiths; Bonnie Lewis, Chris Bravo. Douglas Thompson; Russell Ilg; Jeane Coggan, Kristine Williams.

Ed Kauffman; Robert Snyder, Bob Blake, Francis Murphy, Ted Pelonis; Andrew Gulli; John and Shannon Raab; Terry Louchheim Gilman, Maryelizabeth Hart; Patrick Heffernan, Lori Burns, Linda Tonnesen; Chris Acevedo, Daniel Piel; Barbara Peters, Will Hanisko; Terry Abbott.

Stuart McMillian, Guy Farris, and Melissa Crowley (News10’s Sacramento & Co.); Janice DeJesus of The Contra Costa Times; Elise Cooper.

Jane Willoughby and Ingram Losner; Wayne and Julia Rudnick; Len Rudnick; John Hartman; Andrea Ragan; Russell and Marion Weis.

Special thanks to Terri Goodwin Landreth and Sandra Clark Soreano for taking the lead to organize the entertaining “Fans of Alan Jacobson” Facebook group, which connects me with my readers and fans. To check it out, go to http://on.fb.me/ic8lVl .

The escape of John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Morris was a real event, and was the most daring, careful, and impressively planned prison escape in United States history. The actual timeline and events were more fantastic than portrayed in Inmate 1577; the breakdown of penitentiary rules and executive discipline was undeniably shocking, and each successive blunder played an increasingly important role in the success of the escape. Ironically, if any one of the lapses had been corrected, the attempt would have been foiled. But these failures-from administrative shortsightedness and odd decisions among the Bureau of Prisons budget misers to the blunders made at the local level, resulted in one of the most fascinating, and nearly mythical, stories in US history. Please continue reading at inmate.alanjacobson.com.

ALAN JACOBSON is the National Bestselling Author of the critically acclaimed thrillers False Accusations, The Hunted, The 7th Victim, Crush, Velocity, and Inmate 1577. Alan’s novels have appeared on numerous “Best Books of the Year” lists, including the Top 10 for Library Journal, The Strand Magazine, Suspense Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times.

Alan’s eighteen years of research and training with law enforcement have influenced him both personally and professionally, and have helped shape the stories he tells and the diverse characters that populate his novels. His books have sold internationally, and two of his novels are currently under development in Hollywood.

As part of his work with the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit, Alan coauthored a personal safety booklet with senior FBI Profiler Mark Safarik that they are providing free on Alan’s website, AlanJacobson.com .

Follow Alan on Facebook and Twitter ( @JacobsonAlan ) or use the links posted on his website.