Amity Shlaes

Amity Ruth Shlaes (born September 10, 1960) is an American conservative author, writer, and columnist. She has written five books, including three New York Times Bestsellers. Shlaes currently chairs the board of trustees of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and serves as a Presidential Scholar at The King's College in New York City. She is a recipient of the Bastiat Prize and the Bradley Prize. Shlaes graduated from Yale University in 1982 with a bachelor's degree in English. She has also attended the Freie Universitaet Berlin on a DAAD fellowship. Shlaes is a current events columnist for Forbes and has contributed to Bloomberg News and Marketplace. She is Jewish.