In the 1970s, Henry Hill pulled off heists and busted heads with the Mob. In the '80s, he became famous — as the antihero of the bestselling book Wiseguy and blockbuster movie Goodfellas. But there was one story he couldn't tell. Now his children, Gregg and Gina, tell it for him.

On the Run is the extraordinary true account of what it's like to grow up in the federal witness protection program. Just as Gregg was celebrating his bar mitzvah and his sister, Gina, was buying her first bra, Henry Hill was informing on his former cronies. Henry, his wife, and children were swept into protective custody. And Gregg and Gina, who'd already been exposed to their father's wild side, were about to be ripped from their home and lose the only normalcy they'd ever known.

Taking only what they could fit in a bag, the Hill children began a nightmarish life on the run: constantly moving from town to town, often without warning, and always knowing that their Uncle Jimmy, along with their father's other former "friends," wanted the Hills dead. All the while, Henry, a violent career criminal with a taste for hard drugs and women, used his new identity to break the law and make new enemies — forcing the family to run again and again. For Gina, the journey from Queens to Nebraska to Kentucky to Washington State was one of fierce denial — of trying to see the best in her abusive father, of learning her skills as an amateur actress, and finally uttering the unspeakable truth to her best friend. For Gregg, it was a chronicle of heartache, sacrifice, and violence: giving up a tennis career, standing up his first date because the family had to flee that night, and finally, after a series of near lethal confrontations with his father, running for his life.

Exploding the myths of glitz and camaraderie that surround the Mob, On the Run is a gritty, heartbreaking true story of children born into two families at once: the loud, violent Hills, and the silent, murderous Mafia. In their own eloquent words, Gregg and Gina Hill tell how they survived both — and finally got the best revenge.

"[A] gripping memoir....The grimness is leavened with humor, and the many readers who will be rooting for these innocent victims will be heartened by their capacity to transcend a truly awful upbringing." Publishers Weekly

"A raw-boned, horror-strewn account....Stephen King couldn't have made up this tale of a father's savagery and its god-awful toll." Kirkus Reviews

"Whether or not readers remember the notorious subject of Nick Pileggi's Wiseguy and Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, they will be spellbound by the heartbreaking story of his children. Recommended." Library Journal

"Henry Hill lived life dangerously close to the edge, and nearly pulled his family into the abyss. That his children survived to tell this fascinating tale is a testament to their resolve." Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy

"Gripping...an unforgettable portrait of life inside the Mob....This book is proof of the bravery of children who refused to accept their father's legacy." Sam Giancana, author of Double Cross

"Mob children are the hidden victims of organized crime...their story has never been adequately told until now....A must-read for those who want the complete picture of life in the Mafia." Anthony Bruno, author of Bad Guys

"Remarkable...absolutely the best book about growing up with a wiseguy father — and I've read them all...plenty of riveting, juicy detail....Only the children of Henry Hill could've written this intimate exposé, and they've done it with gut-wrenching honesty and incredible courage." Pete Earley, author of Witsec: Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program

"This account of life inside the witness protection program is more than just a riveting personal story. It also provides an unusual and revealing look at a part of the Mob world the public rarely hears about." Tom Reppetto, author of American Mafia and NYPD

"An engrossing, tragic-comic account of a dysfunctional family behind the Family...a harrowing tale of love, fear, hope, violence and, ultimately, survival." Mike Stanton, author of The Prince of Providence

"Fascinating, frightening, heart-wrenching-and true....This is what it was like to be two nice kids whose father was a cheating, wife-beating, drug-dealing, thieving, gambling, alcoholic, drug-addict ex-con who also happened to be the Henry Hill of Wiseguy notoriety." Ed McBain, author of Killer's Choice and See Them Die

Written by the son and daughter of Henry Hill, the real-life focus of Wiseguy and Goodfellas, On the Run is a harrowing account of a childhood spent coping with an out-of-control father while dodging frightening Mafia retribution.

Gregg and Gina Hill currently live in different parts of the country under aliases.