Bonnie Wertheim

My book, "Dragon on Centre Street," is out this week! I still can’t quite believe it. The book focuses on Donald Trump’s sole criminal trial but it’s about more than that: it’s about the way that our institutions have failed to keep up with the 21st century, the way that qualities like self-promotion (lol), shamelessness and combativeness *work* in our world. It’s about New York City and the way in which New Yorkers’ lives collide with enormous historical events, after which they head to Wegmans to stock up on Diet Coke. It’s about the famous, the non-famous and the infamous. I wrote this book for people like the person I was before I started covering courts for the New York Times Metro section. People who follow the news but long ago gave up on learning every detail about the ever-multiplying investigations into Trump. My hope is that it provides a coherent picture in an age of incoherence. It’s now available *wherever books are sold* and I hope you’ll buy it and read it!

I’m writing a book about the Trump trial! I’m so excited about it — the trial was the most intense, bizarre and important thing I’ve ever covered. I’m hoping I can bring it to life and convince people who didn’t really pay attention to the trial that it mattered and still does