Author of the bestselling
The Rise of the Creative Class and
Who's Your City?, Richard Florida is a regular columnist for
The Atlantic. He has written for
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and other publications. His multiple awards and accolades include the
Harvard Business Review’s Breakthrough Idea of the Year. He was named one of
Esquire magazine’s Best and Brightest (2005) and one of
BusinessWeek’s Voices of Innovation (2006). He lives in Toronto, Canada.