Credit: David A. Harris; Penguin Mark Harris is trying to seduce us. Or at least, the new subject of his biography is. Harris, a former columnist and executive editor of EW, has built a career writing about Hollywood history. His two previous books, Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood and Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War, examine specific moments in Hollywood history. But with his newest work, Harris turns his incisive pen to a man who spans decades rather than a moment in time. In Mike Nichols: A Life, he explores the life of the decorated director, unlocking one of the most fascinating and influential creative forces of the 20th-century.