Dick Russell is an investigative journalist and the eclectic author of over fifteen books, including three New York Times bestsellers coauthored with Jesse Ventura and Eye of the Whale , named a Best Book of the Year in 2001 by three major newspapers. His book The Man Who Knew Too Much , probing the forces behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has been hailed as a "masterpiece of historical reconstruction." The final two volumes of his biographical trilogy, The Life and Ideas of James Hillman , and his book The Real RFK Jr ., were published in 2023. Russell is also the author of Black Genius and the American Experience and the memoir My Mysterious Son: A Life-Changing Passage Between Schizophrenia and Shamanism . He was a recipient of the citizen's Chevron Conservation Award for his environmental activism. Russell resides in Los Angeles.