Jeff Goodell

Jeff Goodell has been a staff writer at Rolling Stone and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine. His stories have appeared in many anthologies, including Best Business Stories of the Year 2001, and his commentary can often be heard on NPR’s All Things Considered. His first book, The Cyberthief and the Samurai, was about the hunt for notorious computer hacker Kevin Mitnick. His memoir, Sunnyvale: The Rise and Fall of a Silicon Valley Family, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was picked as one of the ten best books of 2000 by critic Walter Kirn. He lives near Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two kids.