Staggs, Brooke: - Brooke Staggs is a veteran writer, editor and educator. Her work has triggered FBI investigations, landed her appearances on outlets such as ABC and FOX News, and helped her win some of the top journalism awards in the western United States. Brooke got her start teaching high school English, but left in 2006 to be a student again herself, earning a masters degree in journalism from New York University. She's written for dozens of newspapers and magazines across the country. She occasionally teaches writing at a local community college and has previously ghost written three nonfiction books. Stealing from the World's Best Schools is her first credited book.Brooke lives in Southern California with her DJ-husband, Chris, and their much-loved pets. Her freetime is filled with traveling, hiking, reading and scheming about new ways to make the world a better place.