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Writely. Why I Write: Joan Didion on Ego, Grammar, and the Impetus to Create. Criticism Posts in Notebook. Ben Mezrich. Ben Mezrich (born February 7, 1969) is an American author from Princeton, New Jersey. Personal life[edit] Mezrich was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Molli Newman, a lawyer, and Dr. Reuben Mezrich, a chairman of radiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.[1] Mezrich attended Princeton Day School, in Princeton, New Jersey.

He graduated magna-cum-laude with a degree in Social Studies from Harvard University in 1991. Some of his books have been written under the pseudonym Holden Scott. He is known for his non-fiction books. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Written work[edit] In 2004, Mezrich published a new book called Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions (ISBN 0-06-057500-X). In 2005 Mezrich published Busting Vegas: The MIT Whiz Kid Who Brought the Casinos to Their Knees (ISBN 0-06-057512-3) a semi-sequel to Bringing Down the House. List of Books (Ordered by Date)[edit] Other projects[edit] Whichbook | A new way of choosing what to read next.