Ashley Merryman

With Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman is the co-author of New York Times bestseller, NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children, and the forthcoming Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing.

Merryman and Bronson have won nine national awards for their reporting, including: the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Award for Journalism, an "Audie," two Clarion Awards, the Mensa Press Award, and the award for outstanding journalism from the Council on Contemporary Families.

Merryman's work has appeared in Newsweek, Time, New York, the Washington Post and many other publications.

Merryman holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, a Juris Doctorate from the Georgetown University's Law Center, and a Certificate in Irish Studies from Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

She lives in Los Angeles, where she has directed a small all-volunteer tutoring program for inner-city kids for almost 15 years. For her civic involvement, Merryman received commendations from both the Clinton and Bush Administrations.