Describe your latest book.
A Mind Unraveled is a book unlike any I’ve written. My first three were each about corporate fraud. My fourth was about the global fight against international terrorism. For the first time, I have turned away from reporting about the actions of others and turned the microscope onto myself.
My new book is a memoir of sorts, about my decades spent dealing with intractable epilepsy. My decision to write the book — which required me revisiting many extremely horrible experiences — evolved over time. In 2010, officials from a number of epilepsy organizations met and decided that people with epilepsy needed to step forward, to discuss having the condition, so as to take it out of the shadows. As someone who was told essentially that my life was over at the time of my diagnosis...