Hope Reese is a freelance writer and editor in Louisville, Kentucky. She contributes to TheAtlantic.com, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and other publications. Find her online at hopereese.com or follow her on Twitter @hope_reese.
Writer Maria Konnikova explores the mechanisms behind how a sharp mind works, through an investigation of one of literature's premier duos—Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Watson.