History

Karen Abbott (the “pioneer of sizzle history,” according to USA Today) is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City, American Rose, and Liar,...

Ken Adelman served as the U.S. Arms Control Director for President Ronald Reagan and accompanied him on three superpower summits with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev,...

Mohammed AL Samawi was born in Sana’a, Yemen and grew up as a practicing Muslim. His memoir, The Fox Hunt: A Refugee's Memoir of Coming to America (William Morrow),...

Kate Andersen Brower has covered the White House for Bloomberg News and Businessweek. As part of the White House press corps, Brower traveled across the United States...

Simon Baatz is an award-winning historian and author and presently holds a joint appointment as an Associate Professor of History at John Jay College and at the Graduate...

Michael Bar-Zohar is a writer, public speaker, and former lawmaker. Author of many novels and books of non-fiction, he was a Member of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament,...

Lauren Belfer’s debut novel, City of Light, was a New York Times bestseller as well as a New York Times Notable Book, a Library Journal Best Book, and a Main Selection...

Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s unforgettable memoir Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story (Greenwillow Books) recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood.

Walter R. Borneman may be best-known in Colorado's mountains as the co-author of A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, the history and standard routes of Colorado's...

Dr. Douglas Brinkley has been hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “America’s new past master,” and the late Stephen E. Ambrose called him “the best of the new generation...

Pat Brown is one of the pre-eminent, nationally known criminal profilers in the United States and one of very few women at the top of this field. She is a television...

During her 25-year career of producing television, Lorie Conway has been the recipient of many national awards. Her most recent film, Forgotten Ellis Island (narrated...

Kenneth C. Davis is the teacher you wish you had in school! The author of numerous books for adults and children, Davis is a sought-after media guest who has appeared...

Greg M. Epstein, author of the New York Times best-selling book Good Without God: What a Billion Non-Religious People Do Believe (William Morrow), serves as the Humanist...

Professor and scholar specializing in modern American political and intellectual history, Ellen Fitzpatrick is the author and editor of seven books, including the New...

Nicole Galland is an award-winning performer and screenwriter who swore off the performing arts to pursue writing historical fiction full-time. Though she remains a bit...

Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, a writer, lawyer, teacher, and child advocate, is a board member and Immediate Past President of the Los Angeles County Board of Education. She...

Todd Gitlin is professor of journalism and sociology and chair of the Ph.D. program in communications at Columbia University. An American writer, sociologist, communications...