Thing to 12 are sponsors. [applause] before we begin we ask you silence your cell phones turned off your camera flashes and please welcome miles harvey and ann dwyer. Thank you so much it is a delight to be here. My name is ann dwyer and the editor of crane chicago business. Today my more important credential as i happen to be good friends with miles harvey. In fact weve known each other, thought about this yesterday, for more than 30 years did you know that . [laughter] yes i guess i did. Went miles asked me too come with him today to talk about his latest work and celebrate its publication in paperback i was of course thrilled to do it. Because over the 30 years ive known miles ive watched him with astonishment and amazement transform himself from a journalist, to a writer and thinker, to teacher. And no one works harder than miles. He has worked so very hard on this latest volume, king of confidence. It is meticulously researched. It is beautifully written. also rippling through the
Among those sharing their recommendations with us: Nicholas Sparks, Champaign Public Library past guests Scott Turow and Jamie Ford, Pulitzer Prize-winning UI grad Richard Powers, Liane Moriarty, David Baldacci, Ann