Alexandra Robbins

Alexandra Robbins, the author of five New York Times bestselling books, is an investigative reporter, frequent speaker, and the 2014 recipient of the prestigious John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism, given by the Medill School of Journalism. She is a contributing editor at both Marie Claire and Washingtonian magazines.\n\nRobbins' books include The Overachievers, a New York Times Editors' Choice and People magazine Critics' Choice; and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth, which was voted Best Nonfiction Book of the Year in the Goodreads Choice Awards, the only people's choice awards for books, and won a Books for a Better Life Award.\n\nOnce hailed by the press as \