Editing Gerald Posner (section)

=== ''Miami Babylon'' ===
This 2009 book explores the history of Miami Beach, with a particular focus on corruption, extravagance, and the drug trade. In a ''New York Times'' review, Byron Burroughs said: "Where Posner thrives is telling the stories of the first developers and artists who foresaw what Miami Beach would become and worked against all odds to build it."<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/books/review/Burrough-t.html/ Deco Meca], ''The New York Times'', December 24, 2009.</ref> Some of the individuals interviewed by Posner for ''Miami Babylon'' have complained of severe misquoting and inaccuracies.<ref>[http://blogs.herald.com/scene_in_the_tropics/2009/10/miami-babylon-backlash-backstabbing-and-bitchery.html Miami Babylon backlash, backstabbing and bitchery] by Lesley Abravanel, "Miami Herald", October 14, 2009.</ref> ''Miami Babylon'' has been optioned for a television series.<ref>[http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2010/05/gerald_posner_nabs_a_tv_deal_f.php Plagiarist Gerald Posner Nabs TV Deal for Miami Babylon. Where's Our Check?] by Tim Elfrink, "Miami New Times", May 27, 2010</ref><ref>[http://gawker.com/5549404/gerald-posners-originality-pays-off Gerald Posner’s Originality Pays Off] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530033504/http://gawker.com/5549404/gerald-posners-originality-pays-off |date=May 30, 2010 }} by Hamilton Nolan, "Gawker", May 27, 2010</ref> The original name for the book was listed as ''American Babylon'', but it was changed prior to publication.<ref>Killing Three Dreams of the 1960s, Interview of Gerald Posner by Paul Totah, Genesis Alumnae Magazine, Winter 2008–2009, p. 19</ref>