Ben Mezrich (2011 Event)

His last book was adapted to become The Social Network, one of
the most successful movies of 2010. Mezrich then turned his
attention to another strange-but-true American tale in his novel
Sex on the Moon. Back in 2002, a gifted former NASA intern and
his girlfriend set out to steal a safe containing moon rocks from
every Apollo mission. In this event, recorded live at the 2011
Edinburgh International Book Festival, he explains to Decca
Aitkenhead how he reimagined the story of a real life heist