The first biography of the most popular anchor in cable news. Rachel Maddow has beaten the odds in a way that s novel in today s America: she uses her brain. In a world of banal and opinionated soundbites she regularly crushes Sean Hannity s ratings thanks to her deeply researched reports. And in our highly polarized world Maddow amiably engages the staunchest conservatives while never hesitating to expose their light-on-facts defenses. As a result she s become the top anchor for MSNBC and a beloved representative for all that progressive America holds dear. The news that Maddow was the first publicly-out lesbian to anchor a prime-time TV news show seemed almost anticlimactic to her millions of viewers who will be surprised and intrigued by little-known details of her life as written by New York Times bestselling biographer Lisa Rogak.