Bryan Burrough is the author of six books, including
The Big Rich,
Days of Rage,
Public Enemies, and the No. 1
New York Times bestseller
Barbarians at the Gate.
Chris Tomlinson is a columnist for the
Houston Chronicle and the
San Antonio Express-News and the author of the
New York Times-bestselling
Tomlinson Hill about his family's slave-owning history in Texas. From 1995-2007, he reported from more than 30 countries and nine wars for the
Associated Press. Jason Stanford is a writer whose bylines have appeared in
Texas Monthly, the A
ustin-American Statesman, the
Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, the
Texas Tribune, and
Texas Highways. The former communications director for Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Stanford previously worked as a political consultant and helped elect or re-elect more than 30 members of congress. He now publishes a weekly newsletter called
The Experiment.