SUNNY HOSTIN is the 3-time Emmy Award-winning legal journalist,
New York Times bestselling author, and co-host of
The View. On May 4, Hostin released her debut novel,
Summer on the Bluffs (William Morrow), which skyrocketed to #11 on the
New York Times Bestseller List, the first book in her "Summer" trilogy. Last fall, Hostin released her memoir,
I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds, with HarperOne. Hostin has been featured in the
New York Times, the
Wall Street Journal,
Forbes Woman, Essence, Newsweek, the
New York Post, Latina, and
Ebony. A sought-after public speaker, she has delivered a TEDxTalk called “A Possibility Model” and spoken at and moderated panels for the U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Corporate Counsel Women of Color, and the National Bar Association, and served as a witness at the Federal Judiciary’s Congressional Hearing for the Public’s Right of Access to the Courts. Hostin lives with her husband and two children in New York.
Charisse Jones is a national correspondent for USA Today. A former staff writer for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, she has been a commentator for National Public Radio and is a contributing writer for Essence magazine.
