The Page 99 Test

Aila M. Matanock is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. She applied the “ Page 99 Test...

Andrew Elfenbein is Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. He applied the “ Page 99 Test ” to his new book, The Gist of Rea...

Josephine Quinn is associate professor of ancient history at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Worcester College. She is the coedito...

John Pemble has been attached to the University of Bristol since 1977, where he is currently Senior Research Fellow. He has published a wid...

Laurie Gwen Shapiro has most recently written articles for publications including The New Yorker , New York Magazine , The Daily Beast , Sl...

Lynne Vallone is professor of English and childhood studies at Rutgers University. She has written and co-edited several books, including B...

Michael J. Ryan is the Clark Hubbs Regents Professor in Zoology at the University of Texas and a Senior Research Associate at the Smithsoni...

Kenny Fries is the author, most recently, of In the Province of the Gods , which received the Creative Capital literature grant. He is the ...

Catherine Reef is the author of more than 40 nonfiction books, including Noah Webster: Man of Many Words , Frida & Diego: Art, Love,...

C. J. Janovy is an arts reporter and editor for KCUR (Public Radio Kansas City, MO) and former editor of The Pitch . She applied the “ Pa...