Paul Tough

Paul Tough

Bestselling author of How Children Succeed, Helping Children Succeed, and the forthcoming The Years That Matter Most

Paul Tough is the author of Helping Children Succeed and How Children Succeed, which spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller lists and was translated into twenty-eight languages. He is also the author of Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America. His latest book is The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us. He is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and a regular contributor to the public-radio program This American Life.