Strong sales track: The Man Who Discovered Quality was a bestseller in the U.S. and Japan, with nearly 30,000 copies sold in each market. Her other books sold more than 15,000 copies each. Good review history: Gabor’s books have been reviewed by the New York Times Book Review, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and the Harvard Business Review, among others. Media-savvy author: Gabor is a former editor at U.S. News & World Report and Businessweek. Her 2013 Newsweek feature was reposted by Diane Ravitch as “The Best Article Ever About New Orleans Charter Schools.” She’s written op-eds for the New York Times, the Atlantic, Huffpost, Fortune, and the LA Times. Events in featured cities: Local education groups will anchor robust events in the cities profiled in the book: Boston, MA; New York, NY; Austin (Leander), TX, and New Orleans, LA. Online presence: Gabor maintains an active website and a very active email list, where she blogs and posts regularly. Credentials: Gabor is a CUNY department chair, a published business and education journalist increasingly known for her coverage of charter schools upon being awarded a Nation Institute fellowship to support her reporting on New Orleans.