Paul Tough
Writer and broadcaster
Paul Tough is a Canadian-American writer and broadcaster. His book How Children Succeed appeared on the New York Times best-seller lists.
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American Born 1967 in Toronto, Canada
About Paul Tough
Paul Tough was born in 1967 in Toronto. He writes for the New York Times Magazine as a contributing writer, and his articles have also appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic and GQ. He wrote How Children Succeed, which has been translated into 27 languages and stayed on New York Times best-seller lists, in hardcover and paperback, for over a year. He also wrote Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, as well as The Inequality Machine. Earlier in his career he was an editor at the New York Times Magazine and Harper's Magazine, and a reporter and producer for This American Life. He was also the founding editor of the online magazine Open Letters. He speaks on education, parenting, equity and student success.