BACKGROUND:
· Practiced real estate law, but quit to pursue a writing career.
· Worked full-time as a drapery and window blinds installer and later as a Wal-Mart options trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
· Hired by the Chicago Sun-Times as a data entry clerk, a position that led to a full-time features writing job.
· In 2000, Esquire published “My Favorite Teacher,” his first magazine story, which became a finalist for a National Magazine Award.
· Later moved from the Sun-Times to Chicago magazine, then to Esquire, where he is a contributing editor.
AUTHOR:
“Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II” (2004)
EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s degree in philosophy from University of Wisconsin, Law degree from Harvard Law School
PERSONAL:
Grew up in the Chicago suburbs. Currently lives in Chicago.
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