He has written for National Geographic, GQ, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and The New York Times Magazine. He lives in western Montana.

Where did Michael Finkel go to school?

Mike lived in Stamford, Connecticut, where he went to public high school. After earning a degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990, Mike's “been traveling the world since then, and consider myself a full-time lifelong student at the Graduate School of the Globe.”

Is true story with Jonah Hill based on a true story?

The film, directed by Rupert Goold and starring James Franco as Longo and Jonah Hill as Finkel, is based on Finkel's book, True Story: Memoir, Mea Culpa, recounting the case and his personal involvement with his impersonator.