Daniel Bergner is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and the author of a novel, MOMENTS OF FAVOR, and four books of nonfiction: WHAT DO WOMEN WANT?, THE OTHER SIDE OF DESIRE, IN THE LAND OF MAGIC SOLDIERS and GOD OF THE RODEO. IN THE LAND OF MAGIC SOLDIERS received an Overseas Press Club Award for international reporting and a Lettre-Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage, and was named a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. GOD OF THE RODEO was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. In addition to the New York Times Magazine, Daniel's writing has appeared in the Atlantic, Granta, Harper's, Mother Jones, Talk and the New York Times Book Review, and on the op-ed page of the New York Times. His writing is included in THE NORTON READER: An Anthology of Nonfiction.

Books by Daniel Bergner

Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family

by Daniel Bergner - Biography, Nonfiction

As a child, Ryan Speedo Green lived in a trailer park and later a bullet-riddled house across the street from drug dealers. His father was absent, while his mother was volatile and abusive. At the age of 12, Ryan was sent to Virginia's juvenile facility of last resort and placed in solitary confinement. In 2011, at the age of 24, Ryan won a nationwide competition hosted by New York's Metropolitan Opera. Today he is a rising star, performing major roles at the Met and Europe's most prestigious opera houses. SING FOR YOUR LIFE chronicles Ryan's suspenseful, racially charged and artistically intricate journey from solitary confinement to stardom.