Daniel J. Kadlec is an author and journalist whose work appears regularly in TIME, and in other publications including USA Today and on web pages such as Yahoo Finance. He has written two books, including The Power Years: A User's Guide to the Rest of Your Life, published in September 2005 by Wiley and now in paperback. He is the primary author of TIME's life-after-work column. Kadlec has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Good Morning America, The Nightly Business Report and Wall Street Week and been a guest on many radio networks, including XM and Sirius. He is a contributor to World Book. He won a New York Press Club award in 2002 and a National Headliner Award in 1998 for his columns on the economy and investing. His writing appears prominently in submissions that earned TIME the coveted magazine award for General Excellence in 2005. The Power Years (co-authored by Ken Dychtwald) examines the fast-evolving nature of retirement and describes how and why Baby Boomers will use their unprecedented longevity, health and wealth to redefine life's later years not as a time of withdrawal and entitlement but as a time to stay engaged and keep contributing in ways that are fun and fulfilling. Kadlec's first book Masters of the Universe: Winning Strategies of America's Greatest Deal Makers was published by HarperCollins in 1999. The book is based on interviews with business titans including Sanford Weill, Sumner Redstone, Carl Icahn, Hugh McColl, Ted Forstmann, Henry Silverman, Stephen Bollenbach, Gary Wilson and Joe Rice. Kadlec joined TIME as Senior Writer and columnist in 1996. His focus has long been on the economy, personal finance, and other matters of individual well being. He has written extensively on many aspects of business. Cover stories he authored include one on the low-carbohydrate diet fad and another on economic trends that will keep many Americans at work until they're 80. Covers he edited include one on the real estate boom. He is the former editor of TIME's Generations section, which is written and edited for Baby Boomers. Kadlec came to TIME from USA Today, where he was the creator and author of the daily column Street Talk, which anchored the newspaper's business coverage. Kadlec first joined USA Today in 1986 as a business writer. He left briefly in 1989 to become part of the editorial leadership that launched the St. Louis Sun. He rejoined USA Today in 1990 as an editor, and began the Street Talk column in 1992. Kadlec holds a B.A. in Communications from Marquette University, where the College of Communications recognized him in 2005 with its top alumni honor, the By-Line Award. He and his wife, an executive at Johnson & Johnson, have three children at home and live in Chappaqua, N.Y.