Nell Bernstein is the author of All Alone in the World, a Newsweek “Book of the Week,” Burning Down the House, and In Our Future, We Are Free (all published by The New Press). She is a former Soros Justice Media Fellow and a winner of a White House Champion of Change award. Her articles have appeared in Newsday, Salon, Mother Jones, and the Washington Post, among other publications. She lives in Albany, California.