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—with ample time to ponder life’s essential questions: Who am I? What makes me this way? Do I have a purpose?
In the prison library, Ferrante embarked on an extraordinary journey of the mind that took him from history to philosophy to major world religions, from the art of writing to the law. And after successfully appealing his own conviction, in a case now cited in courtrooms across the country, Ferrante walked away from prison a writer and a profoundly changed man.
Today, Louis is a professional writer and motivational speaker.
His first book, Unlocked: The Life and Crimes of a Mafia Insider, received worldwide acclaim and continues to sell globally.
In 2009 Louis received the Reading Hero Award in the UK, presented to him at No. 10 Downing Street by Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
His second book, Mob Rules: What the Mafia Can Teach the Legitimate Businessman was released June 2011.
"If anything can feel more liberating than rotating my
wrists after the removal of shackles, it's stretching my
fingers after a night of writing."
~Louis Ferrante