With his third book, The Nudist on the Late Shift: And Other Tales of Silicon Valley, he turned his focus away from fiction and toward the true stories of the tech-heads he encountered while working as a writer in Silicon Valley. 4 (1997) a tale about the West Coast tech boom of the late 1990's. Bombardiers (1995) was a sort of Catch 22 set in the bond-trading business The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest: A Silicon Valley Novel, Vol. He has made it his mission to relate the stories of his fellow everyday people, and with books such as What Should I Do With My Life? and Why Do I Love These People?, he has proved that ordinary people can lead extraordinary lives.Ī prolific writer with a talent well-suited for a variety of genres, Bronson started out dabbling in screenplays, op-eds, TV and radio scripts, performance monologues, and literary reviews, and his first two books were satirical novels. I don't have much of a particularly unusual story." While some may assume such a description might not be the makings of a person with any stories worth telling, it actually provides the perfect background for a writer such as Bronson.
On his web site, he states, "I'm a regular guy. Po Bronson is the rare writer that makes no claims to having an extraordinary or controversial history. Currently-lives in San Francisco, California.Education-B.A., Stanford University M.F.A., San Francisco.Nothing like a parenting manual, the authors' work is an insightful exploration of themes and issues that transcend children's (and adults) lives. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, they demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring-because key twists in the science have been overlooked. They argue that when it comes to children, we've mistaken good intentions for good ideas. NurtureShock is a groundbreaking collaboration between award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do 98% of kids lie? What's the single most important thing that helps infants learn language? Nuture Shock: New Thinking About Children
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