Howie Carr is a columnist for the "Boston Herald" and author of the novel "Hard Knocks", "The Brothers Bulger", which spent eleven weeks on the "New York Times" bestseller list, and the "New York Times" bestseller "Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano, Whitey Bulger's Enforcer and the Most Feared Gangster in the Underworld". Carr hosts a daily four hour radio talk show that is syndicated throughout New England. Carr has won a National Magazine Award, and in 2008 he was elected to the National Radio Hall of Fame. Carr lives in suburban Boston.