Hailing from New York's Catskill Mountains--the famed "Borscht Belt" region--Adam grew up at the Nevele Resort & Country Club, known for its iconic tower building and memorable Steve Carmen jingle, "At The Nevele." If you saw Dirty Dancing, you have some inkling of Adam's upbringing--minus the dancing, of course. Adam never had any rhythm!An adrenaline junkie from the jump, Adam was constantly seeking out the wildest and craziest activities and events, much to his parents' dismay. That's not to say he was overly skilled in his many pursuits, but somehow he managed to survive. Along the way Adam amassed a rather unique skill-set, including a functional expertise with all manner of firearms and weaponry, the ability piss off anyone no matter what language they spoke, the tendency to wreck anything with four wheels, and the capacity to communicate with all creatures great and small. This last talent resulted in a secondary degree in Cryptozoology from the University of Haiti in Port-au-Prince.Adam's peculiar path through life ultimately led him to the only profession he was qualified for--literary mercenary.Adam's writing career began with high-octane feature articles for hip men's lifestyle magazines. There was a running joke among those publications' editors: if you had a story idea that could get a journalist killed, send Slutsky.These participatory adventures resulted in Adam being shot, stabbed, tazed, stun-gunned, sapped, brass knuckled, choked out by professional mixed martial artists, knocked out by professional boxers, body-slammed by professional wrestlers, roundhouse-kicked by professional kick-boxers, and beaten up by amateur and professional pugilists in virtually every fighting style in existence. Amazingly, his nose is still straight!Adam has fought in real "fight clubs," participated in Close Quarters Battle (CQB) demonstrations, hunted for humans in swamps, deserts, forest and and tactical "shoot-houses" using everything from paintball guns to specialized simunition training weapons, and competed in both sanctioned and unsanctioned combat and weaponry-related competitions. Granted, he didn't win any of these events--not even close!--but he always managed to come back with a story.He's been diving with great whites (sans cage), skydiving (sans parachute), BASE-jumping (sans sanity), and raced in a variation of the original Gumball Rally and the famed Baja 1000. Clearly, Adam has more issues than Marvel Comics!Adam has searched for sunken pirate treasure and buried ancient artifacts, and been on numerous Sasquatch safaris and Chupacabra expeditions. Sadly, all of these quests have had the exact same results: they turned up nothing. Yet Adam keeps going back for more!Adam has played poker with drug cartel kingpins, thrown dice with Mafia enforcers, played Monopoly (with real money!) with screw-loose millionaires, and hunted for UFOs with those claiming to have been abducted by aliens--once again proving that Adam isn't the sharpest tool in the shed!Adam's Rolodex is a compilation of low people in high places, high people in low places, and some truly unique (and somewhat sketchy) individuals seemingly straight out of Central Casting.Through it all, Adam has penned hundreds of feature and filler articles on every imaginable subject, written more than 20 books--fiction and nonfiction, credited and ghosted--and optioned some of his original screenplays.When he's not writing, exploring Los Angeles with his Boston terriers, or taking part in some crazy adventure, you can usually find Adam rescuing good dogs from bad situations.For more information visit: www.AdamSlutsky.com - or you can contact Adam via his agent, Renee Fountain, at Gandolfo Helin & Fountain, at: renee@ghliterary.com