Ron Chepesiuk
Ronald Joseph Chepesiuk is a former academic and full university professor. He is currently an author, publisher, radio host, film producer and screenwriter.
Documentary producer, writer and director
- The Frank Matthews Story
- Ike Atkinson, Kingpin. In his Own Words
- ''Superfly: The True Untold Story of Frank Lucas, American Gangster''
Books
- Gangsters of Harlem ''''
- Superfly: The True, Untold Story of Frank Lucas, American Gangster
- Sergeant Smack
- The Trafficantes
- Queenpins
- Straight from the Hood
- Gangsters of Miami
- Escobar versus Cali: The War of the Cartels
- Black Caesar
- Black Gangsters of Chicago
- Shrimp Boy: The Life and Times of Raymond Chow, Chinatown Gangster
- Crazy Charlie: Carlos Lehder, Revolutionary or Neo Nazi
- Narcos Inc.
- Robin Hood of the Hood: The Life and Times of Teddy Roe, Police King
- ''The Real Mr. Big: How a Colombian Refugee Became the United Kingdom’s Most Notorious Cocaine Kingpin''
Honors
- In 1999, Chepesiuk received the Humphrey/OCLC/ Forest Press Award for significant contribution to international librarianship.
- In the 1990s, Chepesiuk served as a contributing editor of American Libraries, the official publication of the American Library Association.
- In 2002, he served as a Fulbright Scholar and visiting professor of journalism at Chittagong University in Bangladesh.
- 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award
- From 2009 to 2010, he served as a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at Paramadina University in Jakarta, Indonesia. He currently serves as a Senior Research Associate at the Policy Institute at Paramadina University.
- 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards