Michael Pollan is an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is also the director of the Knight Program in Science and En…
Cormac McCarthy was a highly acclaimed American novelist and screenwriter celebrated for his distinctive literary style, philosophical depth, and exploration of violence, morality, and the human condi…
James Gleick (born August 1, 1954) is an American author, journalist, and biographer, whose books explore the cultural ramifications of science and technology. Three of these books have been Pulitzer …
John Vaillant is an author and freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and the Guardian, among others. His first book, The Golden Spruce (Norton,…
Carlo Rovelli is an Italian theoretical physicist and writer who has worked in Italy and the USA, and currently works in France. His work is mainly in the field of quantum gravity, where he is among t…
A New York City transplant now living in Seattle, Joyce Yarrow began her writing life scribbling poems on the subway and observing human behavior from every walk of life.
Irvin David Yalom, M.D., is an author of fiction and nonfiction, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, an existentialist, and accomplished psychotherapist.
If you have ever finished a book and immediately wanted to call someone you love, you already understand what Lucille Guarino writes. Her stories live in the tender space where loss and hope share the…
Adam Grant has been Wharton’s top-rated professor for 7 straight years. As an organizational psychologist, he is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, and live more generous and …
Charles Patton is the author of nonfiction and fiction books that explore how people think, lead, make decisions, and find purpose. His work reflects a lifelong interest in strategy, problem-solving, …
I'm a High School Guidance Counselor with 22 years experience. I also hold a license in Mental Health Counseling but I'm not currently practicing. My passion is to help children be the best they can b…
Grahame Shannon walked around barefoot until he was five. Then his cruel parents dragged him to Canada from his native Grenada. He thought Montreal was cold and miserable until he was moved again, to …
Jonathon "Jack-Jack" Benjamin is a veteran of the US Air Force. He graduated from the George Washington University in May 2018, Magna Cum Laude, with a major in Theatre and a minor in Creative writing…
Deepak Gupta is a retired senior executive with fifty years global experience; thirty of them with the Procter & Gamble Company. He has lived and worked in India, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Philippines,…
Mark Cavanagh, author of The Monocle Trilogy, Big Blue Society, The Zen of Laundry and RV Time Machine, lives by the Dark Swamp in northwestern Rhode Island where H.P. Lovecraft searched for the legen…
