A former practicing lawyer, Casey owns a law degree from Stanford and a doctorate in the history of American civilization from Harvard, where he was an associate dean. Here are the books on his reading list:
鈥淐haucer鈥檚 Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury,鈥 by Paul Strohm
鈥淪ix Memos for the Next Millennium: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures 1985-86,鈥 by Italo Calvino
鈥淭o Rise Again at a Decent Hour,鈥 by Joshua Ferris