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Writers

Eric Koningsberg

The Billionaire Battle in the Bahamas

The whole thing began over a puddle in the driveway. Eight years later, Peter Nygard and his neighbor Louis Bacon, who own houses next to each other in paradise, have spent tens of millions in a constantly escalating legal war. Neither man spends much time on the island anymore.

Eric Koningsberg Vanity Fair Dec 2015 25min Permalink

Arts

Paperback Writer

A profile of thriller writer Harlan Coben and what it takes to succeed as a novelist even when the literary establishment doesn’t acknowledge your existence.

Eric Koningsberg The Atlantic Jul 2007 30min Permalink

Science

Kuwait on the Prairie

A report from the oil boom in North Dakota, where unemployment is 3.4 percent and McDonald’s gives out $300 signing bonuses.

Eric Koningsberg New Yorker Apr 2011 30min Permalink