Daniel Brook (he/him) is a journalist and author whose writing has appeared in Harper’s, the New York Times Magazine, and The Nation. His second book, A History of Future Cities, was longlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize and selected as one of the ten favorite books of the year by the Washington Post. His latest book, The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin, was named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker, shorlisted for the Wingate Prize for Jewish books, longlisted for the Plutarch Award for biography, and named a finalist for both the Lammy and Randy Shilts awards for LGBTQ books. Brook has received numerous research and writing grants including a Kluge Fellowship at the Library of Congress and a Robert and Ina Caro Research/Travel Fellowship from the Biographers International Organization. Born in Brooklyn, raised on Long Island, and educated at Yale, Brook lives in New Orleans.