Genre: Non-Fiction

Chris Balakrishnan founded Nerd Nite when he was a graduate student in evolutionary biology at Boston University. Nerd Nite was born of a Boston bar owner’s curiosity about Chris’ ornithological adventures and Chris’ goal of making science more accessible. He… Continue Reading

Fergus M. Bordewich is the author of nine non-fiction books: “Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction;” “Congress at War: How Republican Reformers Fought the Civil War, Defied Lincoln, Ended Slavery, and Remade America;” “The First… Continue Reading

McKay Coppins is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers politics, religion and national affairs. He is The New York Times best-selling author of “Romney: A Reckoning,” a biography of Mitt Romney published by Scribner in 2023, and… Continue Reading

John Eisenberg is one of the country’s most acclaimed sportswriters. A native of Dallas, and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he started out at The Dallas Times Herald before joining The Baltimore Sun, where for 27 years he wrote… Continue Reading

Helen Ellis is the author of five books, including the national best-seller “American Housewife,” “Southern Lady Code” and most recently, “Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage.” Her humorous essays have been featured in The… Continue Reading

Anne L. Foster has taught history at Indiana State University since 2003. She earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University and her B.A. from American University. She writes about the history of drugs, particularly focusing on U.S. relations with Southeast Asia.… Continue Reading

Aquilino Gonell is a Dominican immigrant, former U.S. Army soldier and Iraq War veteran. For 17 years, he was a United States Capitol Police officer and was one of four police officers who testified before the House Select Committee investigating… Continue Reading

Harold Holzer is a leading authority on Abraham Lincoln. Educated at the City University of New York, he served as a political campaign press secretary for Rep. Bella S. Abzug and Gov. Mario Cuomo, and was a senior vice president… Continue Reading

Antonia Hylton is a Peabody and Emmy-award winning journalist at NBC News, reporting on politics and civil rights, and the co-host of the hit podcasts Southlake and Grapevine. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, where she received prizes… Continue Reading

A.J. Jacobs is a journalist, lecturer and human guinea pig whose books include “Drop Dead Healthy,” “The Year of Living Biblically” and “The Puzzler.” A contributor to NPR, The New York Times and Esquire, among other media outlets, Jacobs lives in… Continue Reading

Nicholas D. Kristof is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, where he was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing and Tokyo. He is the coauthor, with his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, of five previous books: “Tightrope,” “A Path… Continue Reading

Carlos Lozada is an opinion columnist at The New York Times and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism. He is the author of “What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era” and co-host of the… Continue Reading

Emily Monosson is a writer and is/was a toxicologist. She writes about our impact on the environment and the consequences. In addition to “Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic,” she is the author of “Natural Defense,” “Unnatural Selection,” “Evolution in… Continue Reading

Liza Mundy is an award-winning journalist and The New York Times best-selling author of five books, including her latest work, “The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA” (2023). Her narrative non-fiction aims to engage, delight, and inform… Continue Reading

Susan Page, Washington Bureau chief of USA Today, is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author. Her latest book is “The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters.” Previous books include “Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power”… Continue Reading

Lisa Perrin is an illustrator, hand lettering artist, professor and author. Originally from Long Island, N.Y., Lisa now lives in Baltimore, where she is a full-time professor of illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work often explores… 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,” and has been named National Sportswriter of the Year by five different organizations.… Continue Reading

Travis Rieder, PhD, is a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, where he directs the Master of Bioethics degree program. He holds secondary appointments in the departments of Philosophy and Health Policy and Management. His first… Continue Reading

Jeffrey Rosen is President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, where he hosts “We the People,” a weekly podcast of constitutional debate. He is also a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and a contributing… Continue Reading

James Swanson’s latest book is “The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, A Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America.” His Edgar Award-winning, New York Times best-seller, “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer,” is one of the… Continue Reading

R. Eric Thomas is a national best-selling author, playwright and screenwriter. His books include “Here for It, or How to Save Your Soul in America,” which was a Read with Jenna pick on NBC’s Today Show; “Kings of B’more,” a… Continue Reading

Matt Wasowski is director of Events for the engineering association SAE International and CEO of Nerd Nite. He is co-author of “How To Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite,” to… Continue Reading

Bernardine (Dine) Watson is a non-fiction writer and poet who lives in Washington, D.C. Her memoir, “Transplant,” won the 2023 Washington Writers’ Publishing House prize for nonfiction. “Transplant” also appeared on National Public Radio’s 2023 list of Books We Love.… Continue Reading

Elizabeth Winkler is a journalist and critic whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Times Literary Supplement and The Economist, among other publications. She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and… Continue Reading