Allen M. Hornblum

Allen M. Hornblum is an author, journalist and a former criminal justice official and political organizer based in Philadelphia, US. He has written eight non-fiction books running the gamut from organized crime and Soviet espionage to medical ethics and sports. His first book, Acres of Skin, published in 1998, detailed unethical human medical experiments at Holmesburg Prison. The publication of Acres of Skin attracted considerable international media interest. Subsequently, Hornblum wrote Sentenced to Science, a book about the experience of an African American inmate in Holmesburg prison.

Hornblum's third book on medical ethics, Against Their Will, co-authored with Judith Newman and Gregory Dober was released in 2013. Hornblum's latest book publication is American Colossus: Big Bill Tilden and the Creation of Modern Tennis (University of Nebraska Press, Spring, 2018).