Edward Winterhalder (born 1955) is an American television producer who has created programs about motorcycle clubs and the outlaw biker lifestyle for networks and broadcasters worldwide; [1]an author who has written more than forty-five books about motorcycle clubs and outlaw biker culture published in the Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish languages;[2] a singer, songwriter, musician and record producer; [2] a screenwriter; [2] and former outlaw biker.

Winterhalder left the Bandidos in September 2003 to spend time with his family, pursue business interests and better manage his construction company.

He is the creator/executive producer of Steel Horse Cowboys: Leather, Chrome & Thunder, Real American Bikers: War Dogs MC,[8] Biker Chicz[9] and Living on the Edge: Riding with the Vietnam Vets Motorcycle Club in Pennsylvania,[10] and is the subject of a feature-length documentary movie that was being filmed in 2015 and 2016 in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Dubai.

[11][12][13][14] Winterhalder is a consultant to the entertainment industry for television shows and feature films that focus on the biker lifestyle,[15] has appeared in TV shows on National Geographic aka Nat Geo (US, Australia, UK & New Zealand), History Television (Canada), the History Channel (US & Australia), Global TV (Canada), Prime TV (New Zealand), and the AB Groupe (France, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and southwest Germany), and has been interviewed on Fox News Channel,[16] the O'Reilly Factor hosted by Bill O'Reilly,[17] ABC Nightline,[18] MSNBC's NewsNation with Tamron Hall,[19] Inside Edition,[20] and CBC.

He has been a featured author on Bravo TV's "The Word"[21] in the same episode as JK Rowling, has appeared in the Outlaw Bikers[22] television series in Canada, and been quoted in magazines and newspapers such as GQ,[23] Vice Media,[24] USA Today,[25][26] Seattle Weekly,[27] the Austin Chronicle,[28] the Sunshine Coast Daily in Australia, and The Guardian in England UK.