David Kushner is the author of Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. He is a contributing editor of Rolling Stone and Wired. His work has appeared in numerous other publications including The New York Times, Spin, Salon, and New York. He lives in New Jersey. Visit his website at www.davidkushner.com.

"Praise for Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids "Nerd's Revenge...David Kushner tells the stirring tale of the geeks who stormed Las Vegas" Rolling Stone" "Thoroughly engaging...As underdog heroes go, Jon Finkel has got to be among the best of our age...It is a story worth cheering about...Kushner knows how to tell a story, plus he writes - and reads - with gusto and charm." Philadelphia Inquirer" "Praise for Masters of Doom: 'Terrifically told... The storytelling is so fluid, so addictive, that your twitching thumbs keep working the pages.'" Washington Post "'Kushner's portrait of Carmack is lustrous and gripping... An impressive and adroit social history.'" New York Times

David Kushner is the author of Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. He is a contributing editor of Rolling Stone and Wired. His work has appeared in numerous other publications including The New York Times, Spin, Salon, and New York. He lives in New Jersey. Visit his website at www.davidkushner.com.

"Praise for Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids "Nerd's Revenge...David Kushner tells the stirring tale of the geeks who stormed Las Vegas" Rolling Stone" "Thoroughly engaging...As underdog heroes go, Jon Finkel has got to be among the best of our age...It is a story worth cheering about...Kushner knows how to tell a story, plus he writes - and reads - with gusto and charm." Philadelphia Inquirer" "Praise for Masters of Doom: 'Terrifically told... The storytelling is so fluid, so addictive, that your twitching thumbs keep working the pages.'" Washington Post "'Kushner's portrait of Carmack is lustrous and gripping... An impressive and adroit social history.'" New York Times