Avlon, John

John Avlon is the creator of the breakout Wingnut of the Week segment on CNN, and from his Daily Beast columns and commentary on cable news. He is also a regular contributor to CNN s American Morning and Campbell Brown. He is the author of Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics. Tina Brown (foreword) is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast. She is the author of the 2007 New York Times best seller The Diana Chronicles. Brown is the former editor of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Talk magazines and host of CNBC s Topic A with Tina Brown .