FRANK BRUNI, New York Times columnist on SAT's, Bush vs. Obama, & Ikea's Meatballs.

While becoming a staff reporter for The New York Times is a highly coveted post, Frank Bruni's career at the paper, is especially enviable. Bruni joined The New York Times in 1990 after working at a range of magazines and newspapers, including Newsweek, The Detroit Free Press, where he was nominated for a Pulitzer, and New York Post.

Once at The New York Times, he quickly gained a reputation for meeting, if not beating, deadlines and witty, accessible prose. His speedy turn around enabled him to survive covering both campaigns and The White House. He followed the fast pace of Washington with a relatively more relaxed stint in Rome covering the Vatican. Then Bruni took a complete departure from wonky news to become The New York Times restaurant critic, eating 7 - 9 dinners out a week. Today, Bruni pens a column twice a week as an op-ed columnist. In his spare time, he frequently appears on TV news shows or is writing books. His latest book will be out in 2015 from Grand Central Publishing.

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