GERALD POSNER was one of the youngest attorneys ever hired by the Wall Street law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He is the acclaimed author of a dozen books, including three New York Times bestsellers and one finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History. Posner has written dozens of articles for national magazines and newspapers and has been a regular contributor to NBC, the History Channel, CNN, FOX News, CBS, and MSNBC. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Patricia Posner.