These celebrated historians, journalists, and cultural storytellers bring the past to life with vivid research and compelling narratives that resonate today. Their bestselling books reveal the people, movements, and moments that have shaped our society—and help audiences understand how history informs the challenges and opportunities of our future. 

Serial Entrepreneur; CEO & Founder, Grant Sidney, Inc. and Uncle Nearest, Inc.; NYT Bestselling Author, Love & Whiskey

Oscar-Winning Film Director & Grammy-Winning Musician; Author of Hip-Hop Is History

Renowned Journalist; Foremost Expert on Russian-U.S. Relations; Author, Motherland

#1 NYT Bestselling Author of On Tyranny, On Freedom, and Our Malady; Renowned Historian of Fascism, Communism, and Modern Tyranny

NYT Bestselling Author, How to Fight Racism and The Color of Compromise; Historian of Race and Religion; Professor of History at Simmons College of Kentucky

America's Government Teacher"; #1 NYT Bestselling Author: The Small and The Mighty

Anchor, CNN's NewsNight with Abby Phillip; Senior Advisory Committee of the Harvard Institute of Politics; Author of A Dream Deferred

NYT Bestselling Author, Rad American Women A-Z, Do the Work!, and More; Feminist Historian and Educator

Award-Winning Journalist; Critically Acclaimed Author of The Woman's Hour, Fruits of Victory & Spell Freedom; Expert on Women's History, Voting Rights, and Civic Engagement

Pulitzer Prize Winning Biographer, Historian, and Journalist; NYT Bestselling Author of The Good Spy and More; Co-Author of American Prometheus - Inspiration for Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'

A Leading Authority on the Food of the African Diaspora; Consultant and Culinary Historian; NYT Bestselling Author of High on the Hog and 17 Other Books

Host of NPR's Morning Edition & Up First