L. Jon Wertheim is a former junior tennis player and Yale history major who went on to a career as one of the most creative and distinguished sports writers in the world. He is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, and the author of five works of non-fiction, dealing with topics ranging from the rise of cage fighting to the story of a bipolar pool hustler named Kid Delicious. “Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal and the Greatest Match Ever Played” is his most recent book, released in June of 2009.