Michael Brick

Michael Brick (1974–2016) was an American journalist and author. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, he worked as a reporter and writer for The New York Times, covering such stories as the Enron scandal and Hurricane Katrina, and later joined the Houston Chronicle as a senior writer.

Brick was the author of Saving the School: The True Story of a Principal, a Teacher, a Coach, a Bunch of Kids, and a Year in the Crosshairs of Education Reform (2012), which chronicles the efforts to save Reagan High School in East Austin, Texas. He also wrote The Big Race, published as a Kindle Single in 2013, and contributed to publications including Harper’s Magazine and the Dallas Morning News.