Karl Evanzz is the author of several books about the Nation of Islam, including The Judas Factor: The Plot to Kill Malcolm X (1992) and The Messenger: The Rise and Fall of Elijah Muhammad (1999). He was the ghostwriter for Mark Curry’s bestseller, Dancing with the Devil: How Puff Burned the Bad Boys of Hip Hop (2009), and author of The Wilma Chestnut Story (2011).