James Kaplan has been writing about people and ideas in business and popular culture, as well as notable fiction (The Best American Short Stories), for more than three decades. His essays and reviews, as well as more than a hundred major profiles, have appeared in many magazines, includingThe New Yorker,theNew York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Esquire,andNew York. His novels includePearl's ProgressandTwo Guys from Verona,aNew York TimesNotable Book for 1998. His nonfiction works includeThe Airport, You Cannot Be Serious(coauthored with John McEnroe), Dean & Me: A Love Story(with Jerry Lewis), and the first volume of his definitive biography of Frank Sinatra,Frank: The Voice. He lives in Westchester, New York, with his wife and three sons.