Bryan W. Alaspa is a Chicago native and professional writer. He is the author of the nonfiction books Ghosts of St. Louis: The Lemp Mansion and Other Eerie Tales, Chicago Crime Stories: Rich Gone Wrong, Chicago Disasters and Forgotten Tales of Illinois. He is also the author of the fiction novels Ballad of the Blue Denim Gang, The Vanished Child, Dust, Rig, Gone, Sin-Eater: Part One and After the Snowfall. He also writes about baseball for one online publication and writes arts and entertainment articles for another. He still hopes to one day write the definitive book about Chicago.