Author

Books by David Epstein

David Epstein is an investigative reporter and science writer whose previous book, The Sports Gene (2013), examined the role of genetics and environment in athletic performance. He was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated and ProPublica and holds graduate degrees in environmental science and journalism from Columbia University. Range, published in 2019, became a New York Times bestseller and prompted a widely read public exchange with Malcolm Gladwell about the merits of specialization. Epstein's work focuses on how research findings get distorted when they travel from academic journals to popular advice.