Ross McCammon // Editor and author

I’m the editor in chief of Texas Monthly. I’ve also been an editor at Esquire, GQ, Men’s Health and Popular Mechanics.

I’ve written profiles and features for those places, as well as Wired, Elle, Bloomberg Businessweek, Cosmopolitan, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, and McSweeney’s…

I cowrote this beautiful, inspiring, and illuminating book on axes…

My book Works Well with Others (Dutton) is all about confidence, workplace behavior, and success. The New York Times calls it ”charmingly finicky.” Patton Oswalt calls it “indispensable.” Nick Offerman says it’s “hilarious and true.” The Today show’s Jean Chatzky says it’s “the perfect balance of practical and motivational.” Organizational psychologist and bestselling author Adam Grant dares you to read it “without laughing frequently and applying its tips immediately.” It’s called The Impostor’s Handbook in the UK. And it’s been translated into six languages…

And I created the “2 Beers and a Puppy” test, which people seem to genuinely enjoy and find useful!