Nick Ragone is an author, attorney and public relations executive in Washington, D.C. He earned a bachelor's degree in history and political science from Rutgers University, and is a graduate of the Eagleton Institute of Political Science at Rutgers University (undergraduate) and the Georgetown University Law Center. He is the author of four books: Essential American Government, Everything American Government, President's Most Wanted, and Presidential Leadership: 15 Decisions that Changed the Nation.