Bad Blood
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup is a nonfiction book by journalist John Carreyrou, released May 21, 2018. It covers the rise and fall of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup headed by Elizabeth Holmes. The book received critical acclaim, winning the 2018 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.
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Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou retraces how Elizabeth Holmes built Theranos into a fifteen billion dollar startup, and how its blood-testing technology was never actually working.
Yes. Bad Blood is John Carreyrou's nonfiction account of the Theranos fraud, based on his Wall Street Journal reporting that exposed the company. Carreyrou interviewed dozens of former employees and witnesses.
Yes, in part. Hulu's 2022 limited series The Dropout drew on Bad Blood and the ABC News podcast of the same name. Amanda Seyfried won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress for her portrayal of Elizabeth Holmes.
Bad Blood was written by John Carreyrou, published in 2018 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Bad Blood is 352 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Bad Blood takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
Bad Blood is a standalone novel by John Carreyrou, not part of a series.
Bad Blood is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
