Earlier works include Sunnyvale (2000), a personal memoir about growing up in Silicon Valley and the breakdown of his family; The Cyberthief and the Samurai (1996), the story of computer hacker Kevin Mitnick; and Our Story: 77 Hours That Tested Our Friendship and Our Faith (2002), about the Pennsylvania Quecreek Mine Rescue of nine trapped coal miners in 2002, which was a New York Times Best Seller.
The main character from the series, Kevin, is a composite of many well known phreaks and hackers such as Kevin Mitnick, Kevin Poulsen, Joybubbles, and many others.
Kevin Costner | Kevin Smith | Kevin Bacon | Kevin Kline | Kevin Keegan | Kevin Harvick | Kevin Spacey | Kevin Rudd | Kevin Johnson | Kevin J. Anderson | Kevin Roche | Kevin Schon | Kevin Lyman | Kevin Hill | Kevin Eldon | Kevin | Kevin Sharp | Kevin Pollak | Kevin Sullivan | Kevin Steen | Kevin Pietersen | Kevin Hearn | Kevin Garnett | Kevin Burke | Kevin Wong | Kevin Volans | Kevin-Prince Boateng | Kevin Martin | Kevin Coyne | Kevin Ayers |
John Draper, Steve Wozniak and Kevin Mitnick are prominently featured while the film additionally features comments from or else archive footage concerning Denny Teresi, Joybubbles, Mike Gorman, Ron Rosenbaum, Steven Levy, Paul Loser, Lee Felsenstein, Jim Warren, John Markoff, Jay Foster, FBI Special Agent Ken McGuire, Jonathan Littman, Michael Strickland and others.