Vincent Coppola
Vincent Coppola has written five non-fiction books, THE SICILIAN JUDGE, AN AMERICAN HERO, UNEASY WARRIORS, DRAGONS OF GOD, CHARLIE, and THE BIG CASINO. He co-wrote GRANDFATHERED IN with oncologist Stanley Winokur and RISK REVOLUTION with ChoicePoint CEO Derek V. Smith, a road map for risk reduction and prudent policy-making in the Information Age. A former Newsweek reporter, Coppola has written feature stories for Talk, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Men's Journal, Worth, and Atlanta magazines. Coppola's story of his mother's battle against cancer was awarded the William Allen White Gold Medal by the University of Kansas. He is a 1977 honors graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.