Harvey Daniels a former classroom teacher and college professor, and now works as a national consultant and author on literacy education. He has authored Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups, Minilessons for Literature Circles, and coauthored Subjects Matter: Every Teacher's Guide to Content-Area Reading, Content-Area Writing: Every Teacher's Guide. He is also coauthor of Best Practice: Today's Standards for Teaching and Learning in America's Schools. Daniels works with elementary and secondary teachers throughout the North America, and Europe.