I certainly was a geeky kid myself, but to me, math and science were always these magical things- powerful tools you could use in incredible ways.

I've always loved adventure stories that involve brilliant kids using their brains to beat systems that seem unbeatable.

I write nonfiction in this thriller-esque style. I have all the facts; I research it. I have thousands of pages of court documents... I try to get inside my stories.

The idea that the story is true is more important than being able to prove that it's true.

There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write.

I write about nerds who go the extra mile and become rock stars.

People rely on Wikipedia, and a lot of it is wrong. But because there it is on the Internet, they assume it's right. Rumor gets printed as fact. We may have lost our critical facility as a nation.