Amy Rowland, the author of The Transcriptionist, explains how she came to write her debut novel. In August of 2001, after much restless wandering, I found a job transcribing copy for reporters at the New York Times. I would like to look back through my journals and make sense of those days, but in myContinue reading

The New York Times Magazine just featured a fantastic article on KIPP Charter Schools. (Read the full article here.) We recently published Jay Mathew’s book Work Hard, Be Nice on the KIPP founders, Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin–two twenty-somethings who created the extremely successful fifth-grade experience which grew into KIPP (the Knowledge is Power Program). Today there are 66Continue reading

Amy Stewart, author of the New York Times bestsellers Wicked Plants and Flower Confidential, is back with her newest book, Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army and Other Diabolical Insects. (Be sure to see the hilarious trailer for the book at bottom, where you’ll also find an excerpt.) And, as is typical withContinue reading