Jay Heinrichs
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Jay Heinrichs is the American author of Thank You for Arguing, a New York Times Best Seller|New York Times education bestseller.[1]
Life and Career
Author
Jay Heinrichs is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion (Penguin Random House).[1][2] Published in 14 languages and four editions,[3] it ranks among the top 10 books assigned by faculty at Harvard University|Harvard[4] and has been used in more than 3,000 college courses.[5] He has also written two more books on rhetoric, Word Hero (which teaches the art of “witcraft”)[6] and How to Argue with a Cat: A Human’s Guide to Persuasion.[7]
Heinrichs is the founding partner of Gavia Books.[8] Under that publishing imprint, he wrote (with former NASA head engineer Stephen Sandford) The Gravity Well: America’s Next Greatest Mission, an exploration of the outer space economy.[9] He also partnered with 12-year-old cancer survivor Sadie Keller and Texas Congressman Michael McCaul to write and publish Better Angels.[10][11]
In 2021, Heinrichs published his first novel, The Prophet Joan.[12]
Controversy
In an interview for Outside (magazine)|Outside magazine in 2000, Heinrichs quoted Ralph Nader as favoring George W. Bush over Al Gore in the then-upcoming 2000 United States presidential election|presidential election.[13] Nader later denied the quote.[14]
Bibliography
Non-Fiction
- Thank You For Arguing (2007)
- Word Hero (2011)
- The Gravity Well (2016)
- How to Argue with a Cat (2018)
- Better Angels (2020)
Novels
- The Prophet Joan (2021)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Education Books - Best Sellers - Books - Sept. 11, 2016 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ↑ "Thank You for Arguing, Fourth Edition (Revised and Updated) by Jay Heinrichs: 9780593237380 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ "Jay Heinrichs". Cynthia Cannell Literary Agency. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ "Here's what students at Harvard and MIT are required to read". www.boston.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ↑ "LitCharts". LitCharts. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ "Word Hero by Jay Heinrichs: 9780307716361 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ "How to Argue with a Cat by Jay Heinrichs: 9781635652741 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ "Gavia Books". Gavia Books. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ↑ "The Space Review: Review: The Gravity Well". www.thespacereview.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ↑ "About". Gavia Books. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ "Better Angels". Better Angels. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ↑ THE PROPHET JOAN | Kirkus Reviews.
- ↑ "Ralph Nader 2000 Campaign Interview". Outside Online. 2004-05-02. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
- ↑ Readers, Our (2001-05-03). "Letters". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
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