BRIAN WIPRUD is the author of crime novels, including Ringer, Buy Back, Feelers, and the Garson Carson/Nicholas Palihnic series. He is also the author of the mafia novel Sleep with the Fishes.BRIAN WIPRUD is the author of crime novels, including Ringer, Buy Back, Feelers, and the Garson Carson/Nicholas Palihnic series. He is also the author of the mafia novel Sleep with the Fishes.