Nancy A. Nichols is a journalist and senior editor who has worked at Harvard Business Review, The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, and on the documentary team for PBS. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, True Story, The New York Times Book Review, The Nation, Glamour, Harvard Business Review, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Chicago Tribune. She has written commentaries for National Public Radio’s Marketplace and produced a documentary that was nominated for an Emmy Award. She is the author of Lake Effect: Two Sisters and a Town’s Toxic Legacy and a forthcoming book about women and cars. She lives in Boston.