Contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and National Geographic, and a correspondent for GQ magazine; author of several books, including When the Tea Party Came to Town: Inside the US House of Representatives' Most Combative, Dysfunctional and Infuriating Term in Modern History, Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush and Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the US House of Representatives; former contributor to the Texas Monthly
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