Frank Flaherty

Francis Flaherty worked for 19 years at The New York Times, serving variously as an investment columnist, investment editor, and deputy editor of the City, Metropolitan and Home Sections. He is the author of The Elements of Story: Field Notes on Nonfiction Writing (HarperCollins) and, besides The Times, has written for the Atlantic, Harper’s, The Progressive, Commonweal and other publications. He has degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and has served on the NYU adjunct faculty since 2000.