Stephen Fried, an award-winning investigative journalist and essayist, is the author of <b>Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia</b> and <b>Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs</b>. His work has appeared frequently in <i>Vanity Fair, The Washington Post Magazine, Glamour, GQ, </i> and <i>Philadelphia </i>magazin<i>e</i>. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, author Diane Ayres. <br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>