Mitchell Zuckoff is a professor of journalism at Boston University.

His latest book is Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II.

His previous books are Robert Altman: The Oral Biography, Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend, and Choosing Naia: A Family’s Journey. He is co-author with Dick Lehr of Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murders

Mitch’s magazine work has appeared in The New Yorker, Fortune and elsewhere.

Mitch was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for investigative reporting at The Boston Globe.

Mitch received a master’s degree from the University of Missouri and was a Batten Fellow at the Darden School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia.

He lives in Newton, Mass.