Howard Blum is the author of the New York Times best­seller and Edgar Award win­ner Amer­i­can Light­ning, as well as Want­ed!, The Gold of Exo­dus, Gang­land, The Floor of Heav­en, and, most recent­ly, a 2018 New York Times Notable Book: In the Ene­my’s House. His most recent book is Night of the Assas­sins. Blum is a con­tribut­ing edi­tor at Van­i­ty Fair. While at the New York Times, he was twice nom­i­nat­ed for a Pulitzer Prize for inves­tiga­tive report­ing. He is the father of three chil­dren, and lives in Connecticut.