Erickson, who co-wrote a biography of Bill Gates, is the managing editor of the site and, at the moment, its only writer.

FORBES: Journalism's New Frontier

My books include the novels "Sellout" and "Wink" and several educational titles (subjects varying from drug abuse and its impact on society, a historical look at domestic spying, and a biography of Bill Gates) as well as "Tested XX" - the bestselling history of my rather inbred family, which also happens to be America's oldest family of knife-makers, the infamous Case clan.

FORBES: I seek small stories with big implications.