Journalist Nick Bilton details the drama behind the creation and meteoric rise of Twitter, the social media platform that changed the world.

Whether it's used to break news, share memes, or update friends, Twitter is ubiquitous in modern life.

But the emergence of Twitter was not simple; Jack Dorsey is widely thought of as Twitter's inventor, founder, and leader, but in a company full of ambitious egos willing to do anything to get on top, the story is not nearly as simple.

In Hatching Twitter, Vanity Fair special correspondent Nick Bilton lifts the shroud on Twitter's messy beginnings.

Outlining the series of events that led to Twitter and blowing open Dorsey's proclamation that he is Twitter's one true founder, Bilton's investigation tells the story of how the micro-blogging app got where it is today.