Explore books by shaun attwood with our selection at. Prison time, the sequel to hard time, is the story of shaun attwoods j. His story was featured worldwide on national geographic channel as an episode of banged up abroad called raving arizona. In the harsh reality of arizonas penal system, shaun was forced to reappraise his life. Sentenced to nine years in arizonas state prison for distributing ecstasy, english shaun attwood finds himself living among gang members, sexual predators and drugcrazed psychopaths. Shaun is a speaker, author and activist based in london, who is banned from america for life. An unemployed man becomes californias biggest crack dealer. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
This third volume of the trilogy was the first book shaun gave for free online in the first week of the covid19 novel coronavirus disease pandemic lockdown. It just came out of a mission to expose what was going on in a jail where human rights didnt exist and guards were murdering inmates, including mentally ill people. From mildmannered stockbroker, to ecstasy kingpin and convicted felon facing 200 years in an american prison, to an inspirational public speaker and best selling author of a dozen books. Salary, married, wedding, spouse, family shaun attwood is a former stockmarket millionaire and ecstasy distributor turned public speaker author and activist, who is banned from america for life. Shaun attwood arrived in phoenix, arizona, a penniless business graduate from a small industrial town in england. Years later, in the arizona desert, shaun became submerged in a criminal underworld, throwing parties for thousands of ravers and running an ecstasy ring in competition with the mafia mass. Random house published his life story as the english shaun trilogy.
Life in americas toughest jail prisons and probation. Shaun s trilogy is the manchester rave scene meets the wolf of wall street and ends in the shawshank redemption jon ronson author of the psychopath test if you like breaking bad, you will love shaun s trilogy. I had already read the ebook of party time but i thought it was time i ordered all three of the trilogy in paper form. Shaun attwood interviews fantasist wilfred wong part 1. Shauns trilogy is the manchester rave scene meets the wolf of wall street and ends in the shawshank redemption jon ronson author of the psychopath test if you like breaking bad, you will love shauns trilogy. I have been posting his letters online for six years. Party time 20, hard time 2014 and prison time 2014. Shaun attwood is a former stockmarket millionaire and ecstasy supplier turned public speaker, author and activist, who is banned from america for life. Shaun attwood was the walter white of the ecstasy market in arizona dj keoki as broadcast worldwide on nat geo channels lockedup abroad raving arizona, shaun attwood arrived in. This is the first of the english shaun trilogy and gives a no holds barred account of his rise into a life of drugs and chaos. My writing style has evolved and i received professional editorial changes which you can read by.
After getting heavily involved in club drugs, a swat team smashed his door down. An actionpacked rollercoaster account of a life spiralling out of control featuring wild women, gangsters and a mountain of drugs. Shaun attwood is a former stockmarket millionaire and ecstasy kingpin turned public speaker author and activist, who is banned from america for life. The nerdy student who took on americas drug barons and. Shaun attwood was the walter white of the ecstasy market in arizona dj keoki as broadcast worldwide on nat geo channels banged up abroad raving arizona, shaun attwood arrived. Shaun attwood books list of books by author shaun attwood. So why is shaun attwood giving john mark dougan a platform to promote dougans book which dougan discusses in the first few minutes of the video.
Shaun attwoods prison release driving from heathrow. What does it say about the ethics of this interview that not only is dougan hiding evidence on the ongoing rape of children, but that he is seeking to profit from it also. Shaun attwood hi lozzi, hard time was the first book i wrote. At the beginning of the book we get to know a little of shaun in his younger years just a middle class boy from the north west, who shines at university and is destined for. His writing, smuggled out of the jail with the highest rate of death in america, turned the international media spotlight on the conditions.
In addition to becoming an author, attwood has also devoted himself to educating and informing young people, racking up over one hundred talks at schools across the united kingdom. Prison time, the sequel to hard time, is the story of shaun attwoods journey through the arizona department of corrections and his deportation to england. Shaun attwood is a former stockmarket millionaire and. Shaun attwood born october 28, 1968 is an english former ecstasy distributor turned youtuber, public speaker, activist, and author attwood was born in widnes, lancashire and became interested in the stockmarket at an early age of 14, trading for the first time at the age of sixteen. Shauns trilogy is the uk rave scene meets the wolf of wall street and ends in the shawshank redemption jon ronson author of the psychopath test if you like breaking bad, you will love shauns trilogy.
Narcos at war, paperback by attwood, shaun, isbn 1076176380, isbn 9781076176387, brand new, free shipping in the us. Brought up in england, shaun took his business degree to phoenix, arizona, where he became an award winning stockbroker and then a millionaire day trader during the dotcom bubble. After travelling to arizona regularly to visit his aunts, attwood moved there and eventually becoming mired. His story was featured worldwide on national geographic channel as an episode of locked upbanged up abroad called raving arizona available on youtube. I never read the first two books, i didnt realise it was part of a trilogy. As an inmate in sheriff joe arpaios jail, he used a tiny pencil sharpened on a cell door to write the first prison blog, jons jail journal.
A dea agent in mexico is sacrificed for going after the big players. Shaun s trilogy is the uk rave scene meets the wolf of wall street and ends in the shawshank redemption jon ronson author of the psychopath test if you like breaking bad, you will love shaun s trilogy. The last prison account i read was erwin james a life inside and shauns first book, both eloquent and brutal at the same time, surely matches james revered work. As seen worldwide on national geographic channels bangedup abroad, shaun attwood moved from the uk to arizona as a penniless graduate and became a millionaire. I then ordered the entire set of books and have just finished. This book features harrowing true stories that reveal the insanity of the drug war. See all books authored by shaun attwood, including american made. Since his first book hard time was published in 2011, attwood has authored books on his life and other topics. Using a golf pencil sharpened on a cell wall, shaun attwood wrote one of the first prison blogs, jons jail journal, excerpts of which were published in the guardian and attracted international media attention. Within a decade, he became a stockmarket millionaire. I met tbone in prison and witnessed first hand how he helps vulnerable people for no reward whatsoever.
Shaun attwood answers your questions ask the author goodreads. I survived the jail with the highest rate of death in america, attracted international media attention to the conditions via a blog and now a book, hard time. Shaun attwood audio books, best sellers, author bio. It just came out of a mission to expose what was going on in a jail where human rights didnt exist and guards were murdering inmates, imore thanks billy.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of shaun attwood books online. Add shaun attwood to the list of literatures finest storytellers, able to wring out an emotional, pageturning, rollercoaster for the unsuspecting reader. The journals popularity earned attwood a book deal upon his release. After taking his first ecstasy pill at a rave in manchester as a shy student, shaun became intoxicated by the party lifestyle that would change his fortune. Having first heard shaun on the richie allen show i did a search for him and found that he was offering a free download of the middle book of this trilogy. Pablo escobars story 2 narcos at war by attwood shaun for. I moved from the uk to the usa as a young person, made a million in the stock market.