Provided by Wikipedia Alissa Quart (born 1972) is an American nonfiction writer, critic, journalist, editor, and poet. Her nonfiction books are ''Republic of Outsiders: The Power of Amateurs, Dreamers and Rebels'' (2013), ''Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child'' (2007), ''Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers'' (2003), ''Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America'' (2018), and ''Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream'' (2023); her poetry books are ''Monetized'' (2015) and ''Thoughts and Prayers'' (2019).