James S. Hirsch, a former reporter for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, is the author of Cheating Destiny, bestseller Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter, Riot and Remembrance: The Tulsa Race War and Its Legacy, and Two Souls Indivisible. He is also a principal of Close Concerns, a consultancy and publishing company that specializes in diabetes. Hirsch lives in the Boston area with his wife, Sheryl, and their children, Amanda and Garrett.