Scott Collman, author, Dawn of Depravity:
The Life and Deaths of Michael Thevis

Scott Collman, author, Dawn of Depravity, started his longtime career in the adult business many decades ago, during which he navigated working with notorious organized crime figures, before moving on to working with the largest adult club chains in the U.S., adult bookstores and adult theaters with more than 100 locations coast to coast. He has owned and operated adult businesses throughout the country, working with some of the most prominent fixtures in the pornography and adult entertainment industry. Scott has himself avoided the pitfalls of organized crime in his own business. He is certainly no stranger to its cast of characters and ill-reputed crime figures.

In 1996, Scott was introduced to the nephew of Michael George Thevis, with whom he became lifelong friends and business partners, and learned all about the Thevis Legacy.

Richard A. Schwartz, co-author, Dawn of Depravity

a Miami native, is Professor Emeritus at Florida international University, Where he taught literature and interdisciplinary studies for over 30 years. In addition to serving as Director of Film Studies. He has published seven academic books on a variety of topics, ranging from American arts and letters related to the Cold War, To encyclopedic studies of the 1950s and 1990s, to the films of Ridley Scott and the creative work of Woody Allen. His 1983 account of the FBI investigation of Albert Einstein attracted international attention. He has also published some short fiction and semi absurdist novel, The Conflicted Liberal, about a professor who takes up pie-throwing as a form of political protest. Mr. Schwartz contributed to the stylistic expression and editorial direction for Dawn of Depravity.