About the Author

Chester Santos is the 2008 United States National Memory Champion and one of the world's foremost experts on memory-training techniques. He has been featured in TheNew York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, and Wired, and has appeared on CNN, ABC, CBS, and in a miniseries about memory for NOVA on PBS. He holds a degree in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley, and is a highly sought-after international speaker who has addressed groups of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, and prestigious universities including the Royal University for Women in Bahrain, the Haas Graduate School of Business at UC Berkeley, and Harvard University. His iPhone application, "Steel Trap," was featured by Apple and became an instant worldwide bestseller. He also writes articles on memory improvement for AskMen.com. He currently lives in San Francisco.