Chess For Success — Athletics of the Mind

Phillip Margolin (pronounced MAR-go-lin) is a former Peace Corps volunteer, junior high teacher, and trial attorney.  He is now a best-selling author who has been writing full-time since 1996.  His first novel, Heartstone, was nominated for an Edgar as the best original paperback mystery of 1978.  His second novel, The Last Innocent Man, was made into an HBO movie.  Gone, But Not Forgotten has been sold to more than 25 foreign publishers and debuted as a TV mini-series in 2004.  His recent trilogy, which includes Executive Privilege, Supreme Justice and Capitol Murder, is a collection of crime thrillers that are hard to put down.  All of his novels have been New York Times bestsellers.  His latest work is Sleight Of Hand.

From 1996 until 2009, Margolin was President and Chairman of the Board of Chess For Success.  He returned to the Board in 2010 after an absence of one year.  Chess For Success is a non-profit charity that uses chess to teach elementary and middle school children study skills, primarily in Title I schools.  Notwithstanding his stature as a novelist, Margolin will not be with us to discuss his literary works but rather to talk about how Chess For Success helps youngsters in all of their school work and to praise us for our efforts with CFS.