EDWARD WINTERHALDER
Edward Winterhalder is an American television producer who has created programs about motorcycle clubs and the outlaw biker lifestyle for networks and broadcasters worldwide; an author who has written fourteen books about motorcycle clubs and outlaw biker culture that are published in the Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish languages; a singer, songwriter, musician and record producer; a screenwriter; and former outlaw biker.
Winterhalder has produced documentaries, episodes and segments for television shows such as Living On The Edge, Gangland, Outlaw Bikers, Gang World, Iron Horses, Marked, Biker Chicz, One Percenters and Recon Commando: Vietnam; and is the creator and executive producer of the Quebec Biker War, Steel Horse Cowboys, Real American Bikers and Biker Chicz TV series.
A prominent member of the Bandidos motorcycle club from 1997 to 2003 and associate from 1979 to 1996, he was instrumental is expanding the organization worldwide and was assigned to coordinate the assimilation of the Rock Machine into the Bandidos during the Quebec Biker War—a conflict that cost more than one-hundred and sixty people their lives.
Associated with motorcycle clubs and outlaw bikers for almost thirty years, Winterhalder has been seen on Fox News (O'Reilly Factor with Bill O'Reilly & America's Newsroom), CNN, Bravo, Al Jazeera, BBC, ABC Nightline, MSNBC News Nation, Good Morning America, History Channel, Global, National Geographic, History Television, AB Groupe, and CBC.
Books written by Edward Winterhalder include Real Bikers Of North America: Men Who Rode With An Outlaw Motorcycle Club (2025); Searching For My Identity: The Chronological Evolution Of A Troubled Adolescent To Outlaw Biker (2022); Searching For My Identity: The Chronological Evolution Of An Outlaw Biker On The Road To Redemption (2022); The Blue And Silver Shark: A Biker's Story with co-author Marc Teatum (2015); Biker Chicz: The Attraction Of Women To Motorcycles And Outlaw Bikers with co-author Wil De Clercq (2014); The Ultimate Biker Anthology: An Introduction To Books About Motorcycle Clubs And Outlaw Bikers with co-editor Iain Parke (2013); The Moon Upstairs: A Biker's Story with co-author Marc Teatum (2012); One Light Coming: A Biker's Story with co-author Marc Teatum (2011); Biker Chicz of North America with co-author Wil De Clercq (2010); The Mirror: A Biker's Story with co-author James Richard Larson (2010); Biker Chicks: The Magnetic Attraction of Women to Bad Boys and Motorbikes with co-authors Arthur Veno and Wil De Clercq (2009); All Roads Lead To Sturgis: A Biker's Story with co-author James Richard Larson (2009); The Assimilation: Rock Machine Become Bandidos - Bikers United Against The Hells Angels with co-author Wil De Clercq (2008); and Out In Bad Standings: Inside The Bandidos Motorcycle Club - The Making Of A Worldwide Dynasty (2005). Winterhalder's screenplays include My Daddy's An Outlaw Biker, Bloodline Redemption, Twin Roads To Revenge, Vindication, and Das Portal.