Jerome Tuccille is the author of more than twenty books, including the libertarian classic, IT USUALLY BEGINS WITH AYN RAND. Other books include best-selling, highly acclaimed biographies of Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch, Alan Greenspan, and the Hunts of Texas, and several novels.

Tuccille is vice president/communications at T. Rowe Price, a major financial services firm. He previously taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City and was the Free Libertarian candidate for Governor of New York in 1974.