Jason Fagone

In 2002, the Columbia Journalism Review named him one of "Ten Young Writers on the Rise".

[5] Of the sport-like activity, Fagone writes, "You hate to see all these very clear human desires poured into something like an eating contest.

"[citation needed] His second book, Ingenious: A True Story Of Invention, Automotive Daring, And The Race To Revive America is about teams in the Progressive Automotive X PRIZE, including Edison2 (Very Light Car) and Illuminati Motor Works Seven, and the competition to make a 100+ MPGe vehicle.

[6] Fagone's most recent book, The Woman Who Smashed Codes, is about the expert cryptanalyst Elizebeth Smith Friedman.

[7] In 2018, Fagone published an article for the Huffington Post that became the basis for the 2022 film Jerry & Marge Go Large.

Fagone in 2011