Sweany, Brian: - Brian Sweany has spent over twenty years as acquisitions director for audiobook publisher Recorded Books. A veteran of the publishing industry, Sweany has worked with many notable content creators, including Pierce Brown, Dean Koontz, Diana Gabaldon, Alice Walker, and Dolly Parton. Hailed as "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas meets Leave It to Beaver" by Hunter S. Thompson biographer William H. McKeen, Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride is based largely on the author's own personal tragedies growing up in Indiana. He lives in Indianapolis. He lives in the Midwest with his wife and his rescue dogs.