Ben Mezrich
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Mezrich in 2011
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February 7, 1969 Princeton, New Jersey |
| Residence | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | USA |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (1991) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Known for | author of the book Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions |
| Spouse(s) | Tonya M. Chen (2006–; 1 child) |
Ben Mezrich (born February 7, 1969) is an American author from Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
Mezrich was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Molli Newman, a lawyer, and Dr. Reuben Mezrich, a chairman of radiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He was raised in a conservative Jewish household and attended Princeton Day School, in Princeton, New Jersey. He graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Social Studies from Harvard University in 1991. Some of his books have been written under the pseudonym Holden Scott. He is known for his non-fiction books.
He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. He has been married to Tonya M. Chen since 2006.
Mezrich is best known for his first non-fiction work, Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions. This book tells the story of a group of students from MIT who bet on blackjack games using a sophisticated card counting system, earning millions of dollars at casinos in Las Vegas and other gambling centers in the United States and the Caribbean. The story was made into the movie 21, released in 2008. Despite being categorised as non-fiction many of the characters in Bringing Down the House are composite characters and some of the events described have been contested by the people the characters are based on.
In 2004, Mezrich published a new book called Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions. Also a nonfiction work, this book recounts the exploits of an American named John Malcolm, who was an assistant securities trader.
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