Amanda Ripley

Amanda Ripley is a writer and a senior fellow at the Emerson Collective. She is the author, most recently, of The Smartest Kids in the World--and How They Got That Way, a New York Times bestseller. Her first book, The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes--and Why, was published in 15 countries and turned into a PBS documentary. Amanda's work has appeared in the Atlantic, the New York Times, Time Magazine, Slate, Politico, the Wall Street Journal and the Times of London. Her work has helped Time win two National Magazine Awards. To discuss her writing, Amanda has appeared on ABC, NBC, CNN, FOX News and NPR. She currently lives in Washington, D.C.

Listening to kids to learn how to improve education.

Coaching boys soccer