Noel Rubinton is a journalist and strategic communications consultant whose writing has appeared in leading publications such as the New York Times and the Washington Post. He was a reporter and editor for Newsday for many years. Peter Hessler is a staff writer at The New Yorker and his books include Other Rivers: A Chinese Education.
""Rubinton’s book offers McPhee’s fans a complete bibliographical and critical guide to his writings, from his earliest jottings, through years of NPR interviews, to books and essays. . . . The fact remains that you can still learn to write a sentence from McPhee: Readers can use this book as a guide."" * Kirkus Reviews * ""For those who know McPhee only from his three dozen books, Rubinton has panned gold from streams long forgotten.""---Jim Kelly, Air Mail ""The Princeton-based McPhee (still hanging in there at age 94) has reinvented the art of nonfiction reporting in his books and long essays for The New Yorker, and the story behind the story is just as compelling.""---Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer