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'''Lee Kravitz''' is the author of ''Unfinished Business'' and |
'''Lee Kravitz''' is the author of ''Unfinished Business'' and former editor-in-chief of [[Parade_magazine|''Parade'' magazine]]. |
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⚫ | From 1987 to 1995, Kravitz was an editorial director of [[Scholastic Inc.]], the educational publishing company.<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/printers-row-lit-fest-authors.html</ref> He oversaw several classroom magazines, including ''[[Choices]]'', ''[[Science World]]'', ''[[Search]]'',''[[ Update]]''<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/31/news/in-fast-changing-world-history-textbooks-become-history.html</ref>, and ''Junior Scholastic''. <ref>http://www.publiceducation.org/board_kravitz.asp</ref> He also served as director of new media and special projects for the company’s 37 magazines.<ref>http://www.leagueworldwide.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=aboutus&layout=section5&Itemid=106</ref> Among the products and programs he developed were the Scholastic/[[NBC News]] Videos with [[Bryant Gumbel ]]and [[Katie Couric]], “Write Lyrics!” with [[Elektra Records]], “SuperScience with Molly and Bert,” an animated distance-learning series on [[Georgia Public Television]], Scholastic NewsFax and the National Student Town Meeting Series on [[C-Span]].<ref>http://www.leagueworldwide.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=aboutus&layout=section5&Itemid=106</ref> |
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In his 20-year career as an editor and media executive, Lee Kravitz has launched, led and run some of the nation’s most widely read publications. He has also initiated dozens of high-profile, public-awareness campaigns with corporate and not-for-profit partners. His mission has been “to tell stories that connect emotionally to everyday Americans, moving them to actions that improve their lives, the nation and the world.” <ref>http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465</ref> |
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==''React''== |
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Kravitz came to ''Parade'' in 1995 to launch ''React''.<ref>http://www.parade.com/corporate/parade_history.html</ref> He also managed react.com, a website aimed at teenagers. <ref>http://www.writenews.com/2000/020200_kravitz_parade.htm</ref> ''React'' reached a weekly circulation of 3 million through 245 newspapers before its close in June 2000. <ref>http://www.writenews.com/2000/020200_kravitz_parade.htm </ref><ref>http://www.writenews.com/2000/040400_react_closes.htm</ref> |
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From 2000 through 2007, Kravitz was editor-in-chief and senior vice president of ''Parade'', the Sunday magazine distributed by more than 400 newspapers.<ref>http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465</ref> With more than 70 million readers, ''Parade'' was and remains the world’s largest-circulation magazine. At ''Parade'', Kravitz reinvigorated key franchises such as “What People Earn,” ”What America Eats” and the ''Parade'' High School All-American teams. He developed the popular PARADE Snapshot and ''Parade'' Picks columns and expanded the magazine’s coverage of food, personal finance and health. Kravitz commissioned articles by such noted writers and journalists as [[Mitch Albom]], [[Richard Ben Cramer]], [[Michael Crichton]], [[Bruce Feiler]], [[David Halberstam]], [[Peter Maas]], [[Norman Mailer]], [[Jack Newfield]], [[Oliver Sacks]], [[Dick Schapp]], [[Gail Sheehy]], [[Jim Webb]] and [[Elie Wiesel]]. Among the national and world leaders he edited were [[Aung Sun Sui Kyi]], [[Colin Powell]], [[Bill Bradley]], [[George McGovern|George McGovern,]] [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Bill Clinton]] and [[George W. Bush]]. Notable cover stories during his tenure included ''Parade''’s annual ranking of the ten worst dictators and [[David Wallechinsky|David Wallechinsky’s ]]“Visit to [[the Bridge to Nowhere]],” which provoked so much outrage among ''Parade''’s readers that Congress was forced to rescind a $235 million earmark to build two bridges in a remote part of Alaska. Kravitz also initiated cause-related campaigns with such organizations as the [[American Heart Association]], the National [[National Trust for Historic Preservation|Trust for Historic Preservation]], [[HGTV]], the [[Food Network]], [[Research!America]], [[The White House Project]], [[Share Our Strength]], [[ABC Entertainment]], [[General Mills ]]and [[The Nature Conservancy]]. In the year prior to his leaving ''Parade'', the magazine sold the most ad pages in its history and beat back well-funded challenges by Gannett’s [[USA Weekend ]]and [[Time-Warner]]’s repositioning of [[LIFE ]]as a weekly newspaper supplement. <ref> http://www.parade.com/corporate/parade_history.html</ref> |
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==Parade Magazine== |
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On March 1st, 2000, Kravitz became editor-in-chief and senior vice president of ''Parade''. <ref>http://www.writenews.com/2000/020200_kravitz_parade.htm</ref> At Parade, Kravitz worked on franchises such as “What People Earn,” ”What America Eats” and the Parade High School All-American teams.<ref>http://www.parade.com/corporate/parade_history.html</ref> He also developed the popular PARADE Snapshot and Parade Picks columns. <ref> http://www.parade.com/corporate/parade_history.html</ref> Kravitz commissioned articles by writers and journalists such as [[Mitch Albom]]<ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2007/edition_05-13-2007/AWhere_Courage_Lives</ref>, [[Michael Crichton]]<ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_12-05-2004/featured_0</ref>, [[Bruce Feiler]]<ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_09-11-2005/featured_0</ref>, [[David Halberstam]]<ref>http://www.parade.com/features/halberstam-children.html</ref>, [[Norman Mailer]]<ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_01-23-2005/featured_0</ref>, [[Jack Newfield]]<ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_05-02-2004/featured_1</ref>,, [[Gail Sheehy]]<ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_01_08_2006/Seasoned_Woman_feature</ref>, [[Jim Webb]]<ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_09-12-2004/featured_0</ref> and [[Elie Wiesel]]. <ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_07-04-2004/featured_0</ref> Among the national and world leaders he edited were [[Aung Sun Sui Kyi]]<ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2003/edition_03-09-2003/What_Freedom_Means</ref>, [[Colin Powell]]<ref>http://www.parade.com/news/2009/07/05-what-makes-america-great.html?index=3</ref>, [[Bill Clinton]]<ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_09-25-2005/featured_0</ref> and [[George W. Bush]].<ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2007/edition_12-30-2007/What_Made_My_Year_Special</ref> Cover stories during his tenure included ''Parade''’s annual ranking of the ten worst dictators<ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_01-22-2006/Dictators</ref> and [[David Wallechinsky|David Wallechinsky’s ]]“Visit to [[the Bridge to Nowhere]]”.<ref>http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_11-06-2005/featured</ref> The response to this article led Congress to rescind a $235 million earmark to build two bridges in a remote part of Alaska.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/politics/17spend.html</ref> Kravitz's term as editor-in-chief and senior vice president ended in 2008. <ref>http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/58348/taking-care-of-unfinished-business-former-parade-editor-devotes-year-to-tyi/</ref> |
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Kravitz came to ''Parade'' in 1995 to launch ''React'', the pioneering, newspaper-distributed magazine for teenagers that reached a weekly circulation of 3 million through 245 newspapers before its close in June 2000. ''React''’s web site, react.com, was among the most popular teen sites on the Internet, with as many as 7.5 million page impressions per month. The ''React'' Take Action Awards, a program Kravitz developed with the non-profit [[New World Foundation]], gave away $1 million in college scholarships and philanthropic donations each year to the nation’s top young activists. Kravitz also developed editorial programs through partnerships with[[ Sony Music]], the [[Office of National Drug Control Policy ]]and the [[National Science Foundation]]. ''React''’s mission was to give voice to young people and to help the newspaper industry build a future generation of readers. It was the first magazine to develop an interactive community for teens in both print and cyberspace and the first to attract an equal audience of boys and girls. <ref>http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465</ref> |
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During this time, Kravitz also initiated cause-related campaigns with such organizations as the [[American Heart Association]], the [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]], [[HGTV]], the [[Food Network]], [[Research!America]]<ref>http://www.researchamerica.org/uploads/AmericaSpeaksV6.pdf</ref>, [[The White House Project]]<ref>http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org/newsroom/releases/2006/PressRelease030306.php</ref>, [[Share Our Strength]]<ref>http://www.paradeclassroom.com/DL/TG/TG_08282005.pdf</ref>, [[ABC Entertainment]], and [[The Nature Conservancy]]. <ref> http://www.leagueworldwide.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=aboutus&layout=section5&Itemid=106</ref> |
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⚫ | From 1987 to 1995, Kravitz was an editorial director of [[Scholastic Inc.]], the educational publishing company. He oversaw several classroom magazines, including ''[[Choices]]'', ''[[Science World]]'', ''[[Search]]'',''[[ Update]]'', and ''Junior Scholastic'' |
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==Education and Awards== |
==Education and Awards== |
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An honors graduate of [[Yale University]] and the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]], Kravitz grew up in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], where he attended University School. He began his career as a freelance writer and photojournalist, traveling to more than 40 countries.<ref>http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465</ref> |
An honors graduate of [[Yale University]]<ref>http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2010_05/inprint.html</ref> and the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]]<ref>http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/BlobServer?blobheadervalue0=inline%3B+filename%3D116_2007-Fall.pdf&blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobheadername0=Content-Disposition&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1165357669341&blobheader=application%2Fpdf</ref>, Kravitz grew up in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], <ref>http://www.cleveland.com/brett/blog/index.ssf/2010/06/unfinished_business_beckons_us.html</ref> where he attended University School. <ref>http://www.cleveland.com/books/index.ssf/2010/06/emily_winslow_brings_the_whole.html</ref> He began his career as a freelance writer and photojournalist, traveling to more than 40 countries.<ref>http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465</ref> He and the magazines under his direction have received more than 200 journalism awards.<ref>http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465</ref> In 1992, he won the Silver Gavel Award from the [[American Bar Association]] for "'Scholastic SEARCH: The Bill of Rights,' an innovative publication using rich stories to illustrate how the Bill of Rights affects students' daily lives."<ref>http://www.abanet.org/publiced/gavel/newsg1990s.pdf</ref> He was also awarded the President’s Award from the Association of Educational Publishers for his contributions to that industry. <ref>http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465</ref> |
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==Not-For-Profit Boards== |
==Not-For-Profit Boards== |
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Kravitz |
Kravitz is president of Youth Communication Inc., a publisher of writing by and for inner-city youth and teens in foster care<ref>http://www.youthcomm.org/WhoWeAre/Board_of_Directors.htm</ref> He is a founding board member of [[The_LEAGUE_(nonprofit)|The League]]: Powered by Learning to Give, which is developing a new school- and web-based model for community service.<ref>http://www.leagueworldwide.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=aboutus&layout=section5&Itemid=106</ref> He has served on the boards of the Public Education Network<ref>http://www.publiceducation.org/board.asp</ref> National History Day <ref>http://www.myunfinishedbusiness.com/index.php?/lee-kravitz</ref> and Youth Service America.<ref>http://www.bookreporter.com/features/fathers_day_2010/index.asp#9781596916753</ref> He has also been a member of the the [[Institute of Medicine|Institute of Medicine’s ]]Roundtable on Health Literacy.<ref>http://www.iom.edu/Global/Directory/Detail.aspx?id=0020011809</ref> He has also been involved with [[Freedom Forum]]<ref>http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465</ref> and the Alumni Association of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.<ref>http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/alumni_friends/connect/journal/alumnijournal-winter2005.pdf</ref> He is a past member of the National Council for Social Studies and the National Council on History Education.<ref>http://www.leagueworldwide.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=aboutus&layout=section5&Itemid=106</ref> |
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==Personal Life== |
==Personal Life== |
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Kravitz lives in [[Manhattan]] and Clinton Corners, [[New York]], with his wife, the literary agent Elizabeth Kaplan, and their three children: Benjamin |
Kravitz lives in [[Manhattan]]<ref>http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100616/NEWS01/6160315/Author-will-discuss-year-of-reconnecting-with-people</ref> and Clinton Corners, [[New York]]<ref>http://www.millbrookbookfestival.org/</ref>, with his wife, the literary agent Elizabeth Kaplan,<ref>http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3452462.Lee_Kravitz</ref> and their three children: Benjamin, Caroline, and Noah. <ref>http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37451118/ns/today-today_books/page/2/</ref> He is the author of ''Unfinished Business: One Man's Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Things'' ([[Bloomsbury USA]]),.<ref>http://www.myunfinishedbusiness.com/index.php?/book</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Lee Kravitz is the author of Unfinished Business and former editor-in-chief of Parade magazine.
Scholastic, Inc.
From 1987 to 1995, Kravitz was an editorial director of Scholastic Inc., the educational publishing company.[1] He oversaw several classroom magazines, including Choices, Science World, Search,Update[2], and Junior Scholastic. [3] He also served as director of new media and special projects for the company’s 37 magazines.[4] Among the products and programs he developed were the Scholastic/NBC News Videos with Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric, “Write Lyrics!” with Elektra Records, “SuperScience with Molly and Bert,” an animated distance-learning series on Georgia Public Television, Scholastic NewsFax and the National Student Town Meeting Series on C-Span.[5]
React
Kravitz came to Parade in 1995 to launch React.[6] He also managed react.com, a website aimed at teenagers. [7] React reached a weekly circulation of 3 million through 245 newspapers before its close in June 2000. [8][9]
Parade Magazine
On March 1st, 2000, Kravitz became editor-in-chief and senior vice president of Parade. [10] At Parade, Kravitz worked on franchises such as “What People Earn,” ”What America Eats” and the Parade High School All-American teams.[11] He also developed the popular PARADE Snapshot and Parade Picks columns. [12] Kravitz commissioned articles by writers and journalists such as Mitch Albom[13], Michael Crichton[14], Bruce Feiler[15], David Halberstam[16], Norman Mailer[17], Jack Newfield[18],, Gail Sheehy[19], Jim Webb[20] and Elie Wiesel. [21] Among the national and world leaders he edited were Aung Sun Sui Kyi[22], Colin Powell[23], Bill Clinton[24] and George W. Bush.[25] Cover stories during his tenure included Parade’s annual ranking of the ten worst dictators[26] and David Wallechinsky’s “Visit to the Bridge to Nowhere”.[27] The response to this article led Congress to rescind a $235 million earmark to build two bridges in a remote part of Alaska.[28] Kravitz's term as editor-in-chief and senior vice president ended in 2008. [29]
During this time, Kravitz also initiated cause-related campaigns with such organizations as the American Heart Association, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, HGTV, the Food Network, Research!America[30], The White House Project[31], Share Our Strength[32], ABC Entertainment, and The Nature Conservancy. [33]
Education and Awards
An honors graduate of Yale University[34] and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism[35], Kravitz grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, [36] where he attended University School. [37] He began his career as a freelance writer and photojournalist, traveling to more than 40 countries.[38] He and the magazines under his direction have received more than 200 journalism awards.[39] In 1992, he won the Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association for "'Scholastic SEARCH: The Bill of Rights,' an innovative publication using rich stories to illustrate how the Bill of Rights affects students' daily lives."[40] He was also awarded the President’s Award from the Association of Educational Publishers for his contributions to that industry. [41]
Not-For-Profit Boards
Kravitz is president of Youth Communication Inc., a publisher of writing by and for inner-city youth and teens in foster care[42] He is a founding board member of The League: Powered by Learning to Give, which is developing a new school- and web-based model for community service.[43] He has served on the boards of the Public Education Network[44] National History Day [45] and Youth Service America.[46] He has also been a member of the the Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable on Health Literacy.[47] He has also been involved with Freedom Forum[48] and the Alumni Association of Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.[49] He is a past member of the National Council for Social Studies and the National Council on History Education.[50]
Personal Life
Kravitz lives in Manhattan[51] and Clinton Corners, New York[52], with his wife, the literary agent Elizabeth Kaplan,[53] and their three children: Benjamin, Caroline, and Noah. [54] He is the author of Unfinished Business: One Man's Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Things (Bloomsbury USA),.[55]
References
- ^ http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/printers-row-lit-fest-authors.html
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/31/news/in-fast-changing-world-history-textbooks-become-history.html
- ^ http://www.publiceducation.org/board_kravitz.asp
- ^ http://www.leagueworldwide.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=aboutus&layout=section5&Itemid=106
- ^ http://www.leagueworldwide.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=aboutus&layout=section5&Itemid=106
- ^ http://www.parade.com/corporate/parade_history.html
- ^ http://www.writenews.com/2000/020200_kravitz_parade.htm
- ^ http://www.writenews.com/2000/020200_kravitz_parade.htm
- ^ http://www.writenews.com/2000/040400_react_closes.htm
- ^ http://www.writenews.com/2000/020200_kravitz_parade.htm
- ^ http://www.parade.com/corporate/parade_history.html
- ^ http://www.parade.com/corporate/parade_history.html
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2007/edition_05-13-2007/AWhere_Courage_Lives
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_12-05-2004/featured_0
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_09-11-2005/featured_0
- ^ http://www.parade.com/features/halberstam-children.html
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_01-23-2005/featured_0
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_05-02-2004/featured_1
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_01_08_2006/Seasoned_Woman_feature
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_09-12-2004/featured_0
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_07-04-2004/featured_0
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2003/edition_03-09-2003/What_Freedom_Means
- ^ http://www.parade.com/news/2009/07/05-what-makes-america-great.html?index=3
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_09-25-2005/featured_0
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2007/edition_12-30-2007/What_Made_My_Year_Special
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_01-22-2006/Dictators
- ^ http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_11-06-2005/featured
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/politics/17spend.html
- ^ http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/58348/taking-care-of-unfinished-business-former-parade-editor-devotes-year-to-tyi/
- ^ http://www.researchamerica.org/uploads/AmericaSpeaksV6.pdf
- ^ http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org/newsroom/releases/2006/PressRelease030306.php
- ^ http://www.paradeclassroom.com/DL/TG/TG_08282005.pdf
- ^ http://www.leagueworldwide.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=aboutus&layout=section5&Itemid=106
- ^ http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2010_05/inprint.html
- ^ http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/BlobServer?blobheadervalue0=inline%3B+filename%3D116_2007-Fall.pdf&blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobheadername0=Content-Disposition&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1165357669341&blobheader=application%2Fpdf
- ^ http://www.cleveland.com/brett/blog/index.ssf/2010/06/unfinished_business_beckons_us.html
- ^ http://www.cleveland.com/books/index.ssf/2010/06/emily_winslow_brings_the_whole.html
- ^ http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465
- ^ http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465
- ^ http://www.abanet.org/publiced/gavel/newsg1990s.pdf
- ^ http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465
- ^ http://www.youthcomm.org/WhoWeAre/Board_of_Directors.htm
- ^ http://www.leagueworldwide.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=aboutus&layout=section5&Itemid=106
- ^ http://www.publiceducation.org/board.asp
- ^ http://www.myunfinishedbusiness.com/index.php?/lee-kravitz
- ^ http://www.bookreporter.com/features/fathers_day_2010/index.asp#9781596916753
- ^ http://www.iom.edu/Global/Directory/Detail.aspx?id=0020011809
- ^ http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465
- ^ http://web.jrn.columbia.edu/alumni_friends/connect/journal/alumnijournal-winter2005.pdf
- ^ http://www.leagueworldwide.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=aboutus&layout=section5&Itemid=106
- ^ http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100616/NEWS01/6160315/Author-will-discuss-year-of-reconnecting-with-people
- ^ http://www.millbrookbookfestival.org/
- ^ http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3452462.Lee_Kravitz
- ^ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37451118/ns/today-today_books/page/2/
- ^ http://www.myunfinishedbusiness.com/index.php?/book