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Encyclopedia > Ben Mezrich

Ben Mezrich is an author from Boston, Massachusetts, who started out writing fiction but now has made his foray into non-fiction. He graduated magna-cum-laude from Harvard in 1991. He has since published eight books which have together sold over a million copies in nine different languages. Some of his books have been written under the assumed pen-name, Holden Scott. The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... Nickname: Beantown, The Hub, Athens of America Location in the state of Massachusetts Founded September 17, 1630 County Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 232. ... Harvard, see Harvard (disambiguation) Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ben Mezrich is an author from Boston, Massachusetts, who started out writing fiction but now has made his foray into non-fiction. ...


He is better known for his first non-fiction work, Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, a story about a group of students from MIT who bet on blackjack games using a sophisticated card counting system, earning hundreds of thousands of dollars at casinos in Las Vegas and other gambling centers in the United States and the Caribbean. MIT redirects here. ... Blackjack! The Jack playing card, like the Queen and King, counts 10 points, and the player picks a value of 1 or 11 for the Ace. ... In card games, card counting is often mistakenly thought to be the process of remembering each and every card that has been previously dealt (Rain Man style). ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...

Contents
1 Bibliography

1.1 Works of Fiction
1.2 Works of Non-Fiction
1.3 Miscellaneous

2 External links

Bibliography

Works of Fiction

  • Threshold (1996)
  • Reaper (1998)
  • Fertile Ground (1999)
  • Skin (a story set as an X-files episode, written under the pen name Holden Scott) (2000)
  • Skeptic (written under the pen name Holden Scott)
  • The Carrier (written under the pen name Holden Scott)

1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... X-Files intro from first 8 seasons The X-Files was a popular 1990s American science fiction television series created by Chris Carter. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ben Mezrich is an author from Boston, Massachusetts, who started out writing fiction but now has made his foray into non-fiction. ... Ben Mezrich is an author from Boston, Massachusetts, who started out writing fiction but now has made his foray into non-fiction. ...

Works of Non-Fiction

  • Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions (2002)
  • Ugly Americans : The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions (2004)

2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Miscellaneous

  • Fatal Error is a TBS premiere movie adaptation of his second book, Reaper, starring Antonio Sabato, Jr. and Robert Wagner.
  • Skin was originally written as an X-Files episode, by the same author.

X-Files intro from first 8 seasons The X-Files was a popular 1990s American science fiction television series created by Chris Carter. ...

External links

  • www.benmezrich.com - New York Times Bestselling Author (http://www.benmezrich.com/)
  • Alibris' Listing of Ben Mezrich's Works (http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Mezrich,%20Ben)
  • Twenty Questions with Ben Mezrich (http://stories.wigglefish.com/zine/twentyquestions/mezrich/), a 1999 interview published at wigglefish (http://www.wigglefish.com/)
  • Ben Mezrich: the telling of a true story (http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/5/5855/53465), a 2004 interview focused on Bringing Down the House, published at Kuro5hin

  Results from FactBites:
 
Science Show - 19/07/2003: How to Beat the Odds (1501 words)
Ben Mezrich: Basically, the fljack team have been going on at MIT for about 25 years and itÂ’s been passed down from group of students to group of students.
Ben Mezrich: The basic idea behind it is that in the game of fljack if there are more high cards still left in the deck to be played the player has an advantage.
Ben Mezrick: Well, I mean, the first thing that happens is that Vegas weans you of it pretty quickly when they start showing you guns and things like that, but when they decided that they were getting caught a lot you have a choice.
Author, alumnus tell tale of 'Busting Vegas' - MIT News Office (543 words)
In his latest book, Mezrich explores what he calls, "the darker side of Vegas." Though he had not intended to write about MIT again, he said that when Dukach contacted him, he could not pass up the opportunity.
Mezrich's first book was on the bestseller list for 59 weeks and Kevin Spacey is starring in the movie version, which is currently being cast in Los Angeles.
Mezrich is asked to speak at a number of high schools.
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