Ben Mezrich, 51, has written more than 20 published books — including Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, which was made into the movie 21. Other Mezrich titles include Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions and The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal.
Quote: “In terms of a narrative nonfiction book, when you’re describing scenes that you have multiple sources for, and that you have differing sources for, and you decide to choose a path that puts all that information together, well yeah, there’s definitely going to be a little bit of the author in that. But there’s nothing wrong with that.”
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