Alissa Quart is the author of "Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child," published by Penguin Press in 2006, and "Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers," published by Basic Books in 2003. She writes opinion pieces and book reviews for The New York Times and has written for The New York Times Magazine and The Atlantic Monthly. She is a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism.

Contact

To contact Alissa Quart, write to . For matters related to "Hothouse Kids," write to Abigail Cleaves at the Penguin Press. For other queries, call the Melanie Jackson Agency, 212-873-3373.

Speaking

Alissa Quart's 2006 book tour included the following stops:

August 29, 2006
Washington D.C.: Reading and signing at Politics & Prose Books.

September 06, 2006
Boston, MA: Reading and signing at Newtonville Books.

September 07, 2006
New York, NY: Reading and signing at Barnes and Noble Lincoln Center/Broadway.

September 10, 2006
San Francisco, CA: Reading and signing at Grace Cathedral.

September 11, 2006
Berkeley, CA: Reading and signing at Cody's Books.

September 12, 2006
Seattle, WA: Reading and signing at Third Place Books.

September 13, 2006
Los Angeles, CA: Reading and signing at Book Soup.

September 14, 2006
Denver, CO: Reading and signing at Boulder Bookstore.