Jay Heinrichs
Rhetoric author and consultant
Jay Heinrichs is a rhetoric author, former magazine editor and persuasion consultant. He wrote the New York Times bestseller Thank You for Arguing.
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Born in Bryn Mawr, United States
About Jay Heinrichs
Jay Heinrichs wrote Thank You for Arguing, a New York Times bestseller that has appeared in four editions and 14 languages. It has been used in more than 3,000 college rhetoric classes. Middlebury College gave him the title of Professor of the Practice in Rhetoric and Oratory. Before making rhetoric his full-time work, Heinrichs was a magazine editor and publishing executive. He was deputy editor of Outside, founding editor of Southwest: The Magazine, and an editorial director at Rodale Inc. He also leads workshops and consults on persuasion and conflict for clients that include NASA and Harvard. He lives in New Hampshire.