America’s Best Selling Authors

Interview with Charles Seife

Charles Seife, a professor of journalism at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, has been writing about physics and mathematics for two decades. He is the author of seven books, Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea (2000), which won the 2000 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction; Alpha & Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universe (2003); Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, From Our Brains to Black Holes (2005); Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking (2008), which won the 2009 Davis Prize from the History of Science Society; Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception (2010); Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You So, How Do You Know It’s True? (2014); and a new biography of physicist Stephen Hawking (2021).

Interview with Joshua Greene

JOSHUA M. GREENE is a popular lecturer on Holocaust history and the spiritual quest, and a brilliant, entertaining communicator. A former instructor at Hofstra and Fordham Universities, Greene is recipient of numerous awards for his historical biographies and documentary films.

Interview with Joseph Orlando

Joe Orlando is a litigation attorney who specializes in the representation of personal injury victims, including maritime workers. Designated a “Proctor in Admiralty” by the Maritime Law Association, Joe has represented fishermen, blue water seamen and other maritime workers for over thirty-seven years.

Interview with Ty Seidule

Ty Seidule is the former head of the history department at the United States Military Academy, the first professor emeritus of history at West Point, and the inaugural Joshua Chamberlain Fellow at Hamilton College, and a visiting professor of history. He is the author or editor of seven other books, three of which won distinguished writing prizes.

Interview with Ira Rosen

For nearly twenty-five years, IRA ROSEN has produced some of the most memorable, important, and groundbreaking stories for 60 Minutes….

Interview with Daniel Miller

“The Tree of Knowledge is a dynamite read… reminiscent of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code but smarter, sharper and vertiginously twisted.  A thrill ride with no seatbelt but what an incredible view.” – Junot Díaz, New York Times bestselling author & Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Interview with Arthur Coombs III

During the past twenty-five years, Art has worked in leadership positions with a number of global firms and their call/BPO centers worldwide….

Interview with Katie Engelhart

I am a writer and producer, based in Toronto and New York. I’m also a Fellow at New America. Lately, my work has focused on healthcare and bioethics.

Interview with Ray Morrow

Ray Anthony Morrow was born in Ellwood City, moved to Aliquippa, PA when he was 8 years old. Graduated from Hopewell High School in …

Interview with Janine Lopiano

Cheat death—or at least delay it—with this accessible look into the quest for immortality, and what it means for human civilization.

Are humans close to living forever? With advances in medicine and new therapies that prolong life expectancy, we are on track to make aging even more manageable.

This new entry in the exciting Alice in Futureland series explores both the science and cultural impulse behind extending lifespans, and the numerous ways the quest for eternity forces…