Comes From Upbringing Podcast With Brad Gilmore

This January, Penguin Random House is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the blockbuster Ordinary People Change the World series, which has 7 million copies in print and multiple Emmy nominations for the TV show based on it. The newest book, I AM RUTH BADER GINSBURG, is one of the most demanded heroes and is the 32nd in the series.To write these books, Brad has worked with everyone from Dolly Parton, Billie Jean King and Jane Goodall -- all of whom helped with their I AM book – as well as with the estates of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and so many others. For this newest book, Justice Ginsburg’s daughter was a mentor of Brad, giving him unprecedented access to stories and photos. Brad came up with the idea for the books when he realized his young daughter was only reading books about princesses. He wanted her to have real-life heroes to learn about. His daughter is now in college, as are a generation of kids raised on this series.Some of his most well-known books have been banned and challenged (