now, mr. rabin. >> thank you, bill. [applause] t.j. and i would be remiss if we did not think bill and all of the wonderful volunteers here at the tucson festival of books. they just put on an absolutely marvelous book festival, thousands upon thousands of people. of course here you are in this packed room. it is just such a wonderful event, and we are both deeply honored to be here and be a part of it. we are just going to have an informal chat and talk about p.j.'s work, and then we will open it up for questions at the end. let me start by saying that as a biographer myself, someone who thought that i actually knew how to write and have some potential to be a writer, after reading your vanderbilt book as well as your jesse james book, but especially, i think, the vanderbilt book, i have to now go into therapy. [laughter] it is just, just beautifully written. never could i imagine that so many deals could be made so exciting and so fascinating. and i love your organizing principle. how did you decide on using the contest over vanderbi