Shaun Attwood (born October 28, 1968) is an English former ecstasy distributor turned YouTuber, public speaker, activist, and author.
Attwood was born in Widnes, Cheshire and became interested in the stock-market at an early age of 14, trading for the first time at the age of sixteen.
After travelling to Arizona regularly to visit his aunts, Attwood moved there and eventually becoming mired in the bubbling rave scene and distributing ecstasy, smuggling up to £4 million.
He was arrested in 2002 and was released early in 2007 before being deported back to England.
Following his release, Attwood became a public speaker and author, chronicling his experiences in prison.His story was featured worldwide on National Geographic Channel as an episode of Locked Up Abroad called "Raving Arizona".
Random House published his life story as the English Shaun Trilogy.
Since publishing his debut book Hard Time (2011), Attwood has authored books on his life and other topics.