DAVID CHANOFF has written for the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, New Republic, and the Wall Street Journal, among others. His twenty-four books include collaborations with former surgeon general Joycelyn Elders, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral William Crowe Jr., and Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon. In addition to ghostwriting, he has also written a number of histories, including a history of Black medicine and health care that was awarded the Phillis Wheatley Prize for History from the Sons & Daughters of the U.S. Middle Passage. Chanoff lives in Boston.