Hank Cooper

Meet Hank Cooper, a Jewish Canadian author with a wild and adventurous past. Growing up, Cooper's father won a home on the Caribbean island of Montserrat in a poker game, which later became a hub for smuggling activities before it was sold in 1986. Cooper's background in chemistry led him to work with his uncle Johnny, a food chemist who invented the recipe for Lipton's Instant Cup-a-Soup and later quit his job after feeding their ingredients to mice and they quickly developed tumors. He went on to work for a United Nations food program instead.

At the young age of 16, Cooper's chemistry knowledge led him to become a drug smuggler along with his best friend Bernie. They smuggled cocaine out of Bolivia during a political coup by politely asking a taxi driver to drive them from La Paz Bolivia to Lima, Peru. He even partied with Pablo Escobar’s cousin in Cali, Colombia and delivered cocaine to David Bowie before a show in Boston.

Cooper's memoir is full of fascinating anecdotes, humor and details about his dangerous exploits as a drug smuggler, including the time he and Bernie attempted to smuggle drugs out of Thailand with the punishment of 35 years in prison for foreigners caught smuggling. With dry humor and gallows humor about moments of grave peril, Cooper's memoir is a must-read for anyone looking for a thrilling and humorous tale of adventure.

Please contact me at hank@hankcooper.com