• Katie Hafner on Kafka, Silicon Valley and the True Story Behind the The Boys

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    In this episode, Andrew talks to the author of The Boys, Katie Hafner, about the art of fictionalizing nonfiction, Kafka and her career writing about Silicon Valley.

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    Katie Hafner is a journalist and author who writes frequently for The New York Times and The Washington Post. She is the author of six non-fiction books including Mother Daughter Me, a memoir; A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould’s Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano; Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet (with Matthew Lyon). She is host and co-executive producer of the popular podcast, Lost Women of Science. The Boys is her first novel. She lives in San Francisco.


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