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E-mail a friendApril 18, 2008
The Bin Ladens author Steve Coll explains why the U.S. has not yet caught the wanted leader of Al Qaeda. TV writer Jessica Queller, author of Pretty is What Changes, explains why she decided to have a double mastectomy at age 35.
Steve Coll
Steve Coll
In addition to being president-CEO of New America Foundation, a nonpartisan public policy institute, Steve Coll is also a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. He's won two Pulitzers—one for explanatory journalism, for a series about the SEC, and the second for general non-fiction (Ghost Wars). Coll began his career as a journalist at California magazine. He went on to spend 20 years at The Washington Post, as a foreign correspondent, senior editor and managing editor. The Bin Ladens is his newest book.
Jessica Queller
Jessica Queller
Author explains why she decided to have a double mastectomy at age 35. (4:53)
Jessica Queller didn't always aspire to be a writer. She acted in her first Off-Broadway play at age 15 and, at age 28, moved to L.A. to pursue TV and film. Two years later, she segued from actor to TV drama writer and has amassed credits that include Felicity, The Gilmore Girls, One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl—which she also co-produces. At age 34, Queller tested positive for the breast cancer gene and, since, has turned a New York Times Op-Ed piece into an inspiring memoir, Pretty Is What Changes.