Amanda Ripley

Author and Journalist, New York Times

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Amanda Ripley is a New York Times bestselling author, a Washington Post contributing columnist, and the co-founder of Good Conflict, a media and training company that helps people reimagine conflict. She has written three award-winning, nonfiction books about three very different subjects: High Conflict, The Smartest Kids in the World, and The Unthinkable. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Politico, Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Slate.