A proud daughter of Texas, Mimi Swartz has written some of today’s most compelling and entertaining stories about her home state. As a distinguished writer and former executive editor for Texas Monthly, she has covered everything from crooked politicians to scientific breakthroughs to beauty queens. Her in-depth reporting has earned her two National Magazine Awards, the biggest prize in the industry, and multiple nominations. Swartz’s first book, Power Failure, written with Sherron Watkins, is widely considered the definite account of the hubristic collapse of the gas and energy company Enron. Her second book, Ticker, about the quest to create an artificial heart, was hailed by The Wall Street Journal as “fascinating... a story as big as Texas.” Swartz has also written for The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Esquire, National Geographic, and Slate, and is a frequent contributor to The New York Times op-ed page and magazine.