The first edition of Kushner’s non-fiction book,
Masters of Doom, was published in 2003. His second non-fiction book,
Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids, was published in 2005. Kushner's book, ''Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb'', was published in 2009.
Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto In 2012, his
narrative non-fiction book
Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto was published.
Jacked provided an inside look at the inner-workings of the video game company
Rockstar Games, makers of the controversial
Grand Theft Auto series, and attorney
Jack Thompson's attempt to destroy it. The book served as the basis for the film
The Gamechangers.
Alligator Candy Kushner's 2016 autobiography,
Alligator Candy, describes the abduction and murder of his preteen brother,
Jonathan Kushner. One of the individuals convicted for murder, Johnny Paul Witt, was executed in 1985 by the State of Florida after a lengthy appeal (see
Wainwright v. Witt). David Kushner's book investigates details of the murder and describes the emotional trauma this inflicted on the family.
Silk Road Kushner's 2014
Rolling Stone article "Dead End on Silk Road: Internet Crime Kingpin Ross Ulbricht's Big Fall" is the basis for 2021 film
Silk Road.
Zola Kushner's 2016
Rolling Stone article "Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted" has been adapted into the 2021 film
Zola. ==Bibliography==