My editor and I (me?)

Today my legendary book editor, Jon Segal, turns 80. Or, as he would put it, "eighty"

Today my longtime book editor, Jonathan Segal, turns 80. Or, as he would write in the margin, “eighty (spell out numbers up to 100).” I hope Jon lives long enough to stop being spelled out. Because I still need editing — and so does this world of ours.

Jon and I have worked on three books together now: Winners Take All, my third and our first together; T…