This Renaissance man is a successful novelist, essayist, poet, film-writer and director. His complex best-selling mysteries often explore the search for identity and personal meaning. Notable books include New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, The Book of Illusions, The Brooklyn Follies, Invisible, and Winter Journal. His books have been translated into more than 40 languages and […]
Known for her groundbreaking seminal research on Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids in the 1980’s, Dr. Simopoulos’ insights resulted in a clash with vegetable-oil lobbyists and the pharmaceutical industry. But soon after, her theories were validated scientifically and accepted by nutritionists and the public. Her books include the 2008 Aristeon Award-winning, The Omega […]
Her nonfiction book, The Rescuer, was a best seller, and her beautifully-written novels weave sweeping family dramas mixed with magical fables, multi-generational tales and sagas of family history. In the Image received the 2003 National Jewish Book Award. This and other novels have been similarly lauded in The New York Times Book Review, San Francisco […]
A research professor and theoretical physicist at California Institute of Technology, Dr. Carroll’s work focuses on cosmology, field theory, gravitation and quantum mechanics, and explores dark matter and energy, modified gravity, topological defects, extra dimensions, and more. He has authored several books including The Particle at the End of the Universe, From Eternity to Here: The […]
Current vice president and editor-in-chief at Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Mr. Harrison is also a critically acclaimed crime and thriller novelist. He has written eight novels, including best-selling You Belong to Me, The Havana Room and the international bestseller, Manhattan Nocturne. His books explore the dark side of urban life, particularly New […]
Ms. Nunez’s recent novel, The Friend, was an instant New York Times bestseller. It won the 2018 National Book Award and made her an overnight literary sensation. She has also won notable awards for seven other novels and a memoir, and her short story, The Plan, was included in The Best American Stories 2019. She […]
Forbes named Entrepreneurial You one of the Top 10 Business Books of the Year in 2017, and Forbes.com endorsed Reinventing You as a great reminder of how we can be anyone we want to be if we are willing to put in the work. In 2015, Inc. magazine named Stand Out its #1 Leadership Book. […]
She is The New York Times best-selling author of The Interestings, The Uncoupling, The Ten-Year Nap, The Position, Sleepwalking, and of course, The Wife, which was adapted into a widely-praised film of the same name. Ms. Wolitzer’s most recent novel, The Female Persuasion, explores feminist themes, examining intense relationships between family and friends. Best-Selling […]
Don’t miss this lively discussion focusing on Ms. Olsson’s stirring memoir-biography, The Weil Conjectures, which eloquently explores math as it relates to intellectual history. In it, she tells the poignant story of the brilliant Weil siblings: Simone, a philosopher, mystic and social activist, and André, the influential mathematician. Ms. Olsson is a senior editor at […]
This internationally respected philosopher’s specialty is philosophy of the mind, and he has made significant contributions to understanding consciousness and cognitive science. Dr. Block’s book, Consciousness, Function, and Representation, elucidates on his theories on contemporary philosophical thinking about consciousness, functionalism, representation and symbols. He earned his PhD at Harvard University, and he is a professor […]
