Ben Mezrich

Come join Tommy and Wil the first Monday of every month at 7PM as they explore the worlds of fiction's greatest mysteries. But you must hurry - the game is already afoot. This month's title is Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich.

Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Ben Mezrich discusses Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History.

Author of THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES: THE FOUNDING OF FACEBOOK, on which the movie “The Social Network” was based, has written a new book for which he reviewed thousands of pages of court records, FBI transcripts, NASA documents, and interviewed most of the participants in the actual crime to reconstruct this “Ocean’s Eleven” style heist. Thad Roberts, a participant in a prestigious NASA program had an idea – to give his girlfriend the moon...Literally! After convincing her and another female accomplice – both NASA interns - to break into a secure laboratory at NASA, get past security checkpoints, an electronically locked door with cipher security codes, and camera-lined hallways, to help him steal the most precious objects in the world – moon rocks. Mezrich’s book reads like a thriller and is a story of genius, love and deception. (jasbro)… (more)