J. Michael Niotta

J. Michael Niotta, PhD, is an Italian-American writer, crime historian, artist, and musician. The great grandson and biographer of Los Angeles Mafia Don Jack Dragna-"perhaps the only classic  ...Show More

J. Michael Niotta, PhD, is an Italian-American writer, crime historian, artist, and musician. The great grandson and biographer of Los Angeles Mafia Don Jack Dragna-"perhaps the only classic 'Godfather' the city has ever known (LA Times)"-is the author of 4 nonfiction titles and has delivered programs for the Las Vegas Mob Museum and the Sons & Daughters of Italy in America (OSDIA). He has appeared as a West Coast organized crime expert on several shows and documentaries, including NatGeo's Drain the Oceans and the Travel Channel's Mission Declassified. Hide