{"title":"Scott W. Stern","description":"Scott W. Stern is a writer, scholar, and public interest lawyer. He is a regular contributor to numerous publications and is the author of The Trials of Nina McCall, a New York Times editor's choice selection and Boston Globe best book of the year. 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