Brad Lockwood is a New York City-based writer of 7 books, including "Sellout" and "Wink" as well as the award-winning nonfiction work “Tested XX: The Case Cutlery Dynasty” - the biography of America’s oldest family of knife-makers, which also happens to be his own family.  He is also a regular contributor to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

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