Daniel Okrent was the first pub­lic edi­tor of the New York Times, edi­tor at large at Time Inc. and man­ag­ing edi­tor of Life mag­a­zine. He is the author of five pre­vi­ous books, includ­ing Great For­tune: The Epic of Rock­e­feller Cen­ter and Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.