Now retired, Joel Allen was an award-winning TV reporter and anchor for an ABC affiliate in South Carolina. Ripoff and Run is his first novel, based on actual events he covered as ...voir plusNow retired, Joel Allen was an award-winning TV reporter and anchor for an ABC affiliate in South Carolina. Ripoff and Run is his first novel, based on actual events he covered as a reporter in Eastern Iowa in the 1980s. Allen lives in the Myrtle Beach area with his wife, Deanna.voir moins