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Steve Drummond

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Steve Drummond is a journalist, educator and author who for more than 20 years has been a senior editor at NPR in Washington. He is the author of The Watchdog: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two. At NPR, Drummond has held a variety of roles, including national editor, supervising editor of All Things Considered, and executive producer of the network's Code Switch podcast and its education reporting team. His work has been honored with many of journalism's highest honors, including three Peabody Awards and two Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University AwardsIn 2013, he taught...

James Patterson

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JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 375 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades - the Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels - and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers.James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure...