David Aldridge is a senior columnist for The Athletic, primarily covering the NBA and Washington, D.C., sports. The Athletic is a digital subscription sports website now operating through The New York Times Company, and has more than 1.2 million subscribers… Continue Reading

Rick Atkinson is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of seven previous works of history, including “The Long Gray Line,” the Liberation Trilogy (“An Army at Dawn,” “The Day of Battle” and “The Guns at Last Light”) and “The… Continue Reading

Dave Barry is the author of more best-sellers than you can count on two hands, including “Swamp Story,” “Lessons from Lucy,” “Dave Barry’s Complete Guide to Guys,” “Dave Barry Turns Forty” and “Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up.” A… Continue Reading

Amanda Becker is a veteran, Washington, D.C.-based journalist who has covered the U.S. Congress, White House, Supreme Court and elections for nearly two decades. She is currently with The 19th, a first of its kind nonprofit, independent newsroom covering gender,… Continue Reading

Casey Burgat is a former congressional staffer turned professor of legislative affairs at George Washington University. He is the author of “We Hold These ‘Truths:’ How to Spot the Myths that are Holding America Back” (Authors Equity), which examines common… Continue Reading

Megan Doney is a writer and English professor in Virginia. Her work has been published in Ilanot Review, New Limestone Review, Rappahannock Review, Creative Nonfiction, Earth & Altar and Inside Higher Ed, as well as in the anthologies “Allegheny” and “If… Continue Reading

Glory Edim is a literary tastemaker, author and advocate for diverse voices in literature. In 2015, she founded Well-Read Black Girl (WRBG), an online platform and book club dedicated to celebrating the literary works of Black women authors and creating… Continue Reading

Evan Friss is a New York Times best-selling author and a professor of history at James Madison University. His most recent book, “The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore,” garnered rave reviews in The Washington Post, The New York… Continue Reading

Agustín Fuentes, trained in Zoology and Anthropology, is a professor of Anthropology at Princeton University. His research delves into the how and why of being human. From chasing monkeys in jungles and cities, to exploring the lives of our evolutionary… Continue Reading

David Gessner is the author of “The Book of Flaco: The World’s Most Famous Bird,” and many other books that blend a love of nature, humor, memoir and environmentalism, including The New York Times best-selling “All the Wild That Remains.”… Continue Reading

Barbara Bradley Hagerty is a New York Times best-selling author and an accomplished journalist. She is a contributing writer to The Atlantic and her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times and PBS, among… Continue Reading

David Hajdu is one of the most respected cultural critics of our time. A professor at Columbia University, he is the author of eight books of biography, cultural history, graphic non-fiction and fiction, including “Lush Life: A Biography of Billy… Continue Reading

Malcolm Harris is the author of the national best-seller, “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World,” a finalist for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize; “Kids These Days: The Making of Millennials;” and “Shit is Fucked Up… Continue Reading

Mark Jacob, former metro editor of The Chicago Tribune and former Sunday editor of The Chicago Sun-Times, is the co-author of 10 books, mostly about history. Mark writes the Stop the Presses newsletter about media and politics at stopthepresses.news. He… Continue Reading

Matthew Jacob is a public health consultant who has authored more than 10 peer-reviewed journal articles about health communication or policy. A former journalist, he has authored two books, both of them with his older brother Mark. Published in 2010,… Continue Reading

“Most Honorable Son: A Forgotten Hero’s Fight Against Fascism and Hate During World War II” is the fourth non-fiction book by Pulitzer Prize-finalist journalist and historian Gregg Jones. His previous books are “Honor in Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the… Continue Reading

Colleen Long, a White House correspondent for The Associated Press whose work has appeared in every major news publication in the world, was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2019. She lives in Washington, D.C. She will be presenting… Continue Reading

Joe Posnanski is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of seven books, including “Why We Love Baseball,” “The Baseball 100,” “Paterno” and “The Secret of Golf.” He has been named National Sportswriter of the Year by five different organizations.… Continue Reading

Jessica Roux is a best-selling illustrator, author and gardener based just outside of Nashville. She loves exploring in her own backyard and being surrounded by an abundance of nature. Using subdued colors and rhythmic shapes, she renders flora and fauna… Continue Reading

Russell Shorto is the author of the best-sellers “Smalltime,” “Revolution Song,” “Amsterdam” and “The Island at the Center of the World.” He is the director of the New Amsterdam Project at the New York Historical. He lives in Maryland.  He… Continue Reading

Erika J. Simpson is a Southern girl living in Denver with her partner and their black cat. She holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Kentucky and is the recipient of the 2021 MFA Award in Nonfiction.… Continue Reading

Paul Sparrow is a writer, public speaker, historian and former director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library. His book “Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR’s War of Words with Charles Lindbergh and the Battle to Save Democracy” received rave… Continue Reading

Judith Viorst is the author of the beloved “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” which has sold some four million copies; the Lulu books, including “Lulu and the Brontosaurus;” The New York Times best-seller, “Necessary Losses;”… Continue Reading

Alan Weisman has reported from all seven continents and in more than 60 countries. His books include The New York Times best-seller “The World Without Us,” translated into 34 languages and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award… Continue Reading