NATHANIEL LANDE is a journalist, author, and filmmaker and was a creative force behind TIME Incorporated, during his tenure as Creative Director for the Magazine Group and Director of TIME World News Service. He is the author of ten books including the widely acclaimed novel, Cricket. He received outstanding recognition for Dispatches from the Front and the recent best seller for National Geographic Books, The 10 Best of Everything. Educated at Oxford University, he earned his PhD at Trinity College, Dublin and has held appointments as professor to the School of Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and Distinguished Scholar to Trinity College Dublin.