Davis wrote the New York Times bestselling book Spare Parts, which grew out of his article "La Vida Robot." The story follows the lives of four teenage immigrants who built an underwater
robot. The book was a finalist for Columbia University's J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and was adapted into the movie
Spare Parts by Lionsgate starring
George Lopez,
Jamie Lee Curtis and
Marisa Tomei. It premiered in January 2015. In 2012, Davis was kidnapped in Libya while reporting an article for Men's Journal. Later that year, he lived with
John McAfee in Belize and documented McAfee's lifestyle and legal problems, including allegations of murder. In 2003, Davis covered the Iraq war for Wired. For The New Yorker in 2011, Davis wrote about
bitcoin when the cryptocurrency was worth five dollars. He has also profiled
Elon Musk multiple times, including a 2010
Wired cover story and in an early in-depth article about Tesla. Davis' first book,
The Underdog, was published by
Random House in 2005. It chronicles Davis' entry into unusual competitions around the world, including the US Sumo Open and the World
Armwrestling Championship in
Gdynia,
Poland. Davis documented his time as a competitive arm wrestler in the film "The Beast Within," which won best documentary at the Telluride Mountain Film Festival. In 2013, Davis and Joshuah Bearman formed
Epic Magazine, a magazine and production company specializing in unusual true stories. Davis and Bearman have sold more than fifty articles to
Hollywood, with four films and two TV series produced. Davis, in partnership with
J. J. Abrams and
Bad Robot, also produced the short documentary series "Moon Shot," which chronicles the work of those competing for the
Google Lunar X Prize. == Awards ==