Maggie Jackson is an award-winning author known for her prescient writings on social trends. Her latest book, Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure, was named a Top 25 Nonfiction Book of 2024 by the Next Big Idea Club led by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Dan Pink and Adam Grant. Uncertain also was chosen as a best book of the year by Library Journal, Greater Good magazine, the Artificiality Institute,and the Independent Publishers of New England. A former Boston Globe columnist and past AP foreign correspondent in Asia and Europe, Jackson contributes to major publications including The New York Times. Her acclaimed book Distracted (2nd ed., 2018) sparked a global conversation on the costs of fragmenting our attention. Jackson has advised leading executives, scientists, educators, and change-makers worldwide and her work has been translated into multiple languages. She divides her time between New York and Rhode Island and is an enthusiastic year-round ocean swimmer.