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Alex Tresniowski is a writer who lives and works in New York. He has written for both TIME and People magazines, handling mostly human-interest stories. He is the author or coauthor of more than twenty books, including the 2005 true-crime thriller The Vendetta, which was used as a basis for the 2009 movie Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp. For more about this story and the author, please visit alextres.com.