Thomas Lin

Thomas Lin is the founder and publisher of Quanta Books, a partner imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux and editorially independent subsidiary of the Simons Foundation. Authors he has signed at Quanta Books include Kevin Hartnett, Terence Tao, and David Tong. From 2012 to 2024, he was the founding editor-in-chief of Quanta Magazine. Before that, Lin was a digital editor at The New York Times, where he managed the online science and national news sections and wrote about science, tennis and technology. His work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Tennis and Wired and has been recognized by the American Society of Magazine Editors, White House News Photographers Association, Webby Awards, New York Emmys and others. He has taught at CUNY’s journalism school and volunteers on the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. He has interviewed Nobel laureates and Fields medalists but is most grateful for having had the chance to edit and mentor some of the most talented science and math writers working today.