William D. Cohan's Original Essay for nytimes.com

William Cohan, author of House of Cards had his original essay regarding the three biggest players in the financial meltdown on nytimes.com. View his complete essay here.

His national bestseller, House of Cards, comes out in paperback next month. In this book Cohan describes the negligence and greed that pushed all of Wall Street into chaos and the country into a financial crisis.

To read an excerpt from the book, click here.