"Your article got everything right. The New Yorker article got a lot of attention but never could get the math into focus let alone right."
—Daniel Goldston, number theorist, upon reading "Prime Progress Invigorates Math Minds" in MAA FOCUS, February/March 2015
"You hit this one out of the park—bravo! You had me on the edge of MY seat."
—Bruce Torrence, then editor of Math Horizons, upon receipt of "The Edge of My Seat," which appeared in the February 2011 issue
"Wow, what a fantastic write-up, many thanks, best such I've ever seen."
—Frank Morgan, mathematician, about my account of his Distinguished Lecture at MAA headquarters in April 2015
"Your comic sense combined with your insight into 'math culture' makes for a terrific combination.
I can say honestly yours is my favorite article in this issue—and I wrote one of the other ones!"
—Steve Abbott, then editor of Math Horizons, about "A Delta for Your Epsilon: Finding Your Match Mathematically," which appeared in the September 2009 issue
"You have an engaging writing style that pulled me the whole way through. I never lost interest in your tale, and some moments were a genuine pleasure."
—Sarah Hepola, of Salon, on "My first taste of flesh," published online on March 11, 2013
"I just read the article you wrote in the June/July MAA FOCUS. Very nice."
—Congressman Jerry McNerney, about "Math by the Minute on Capitol Hill"
"This is one of the most sophisticated write ups I have ever received to cover my talks. I'm very pleased and very impressed!"
—Eitan Grinspun, computer scientist, about my account of his Distinguished Lecture at MAA headquarters in March 2017
"Wow!!!! Really fantastic. I've never seen someone capturing the essence of the talk so well. In fact you make me sound better than what it was. Thank you."
—Rodolfo H. Torres, mathematician, about my write-up of a talk he gave on Capitol Hill in December 2018
"Clever article in the May Notices on Carmichael’s Conjecture."
—Michael Breen, American Mathematical Society Public Awareness Officer, about my May 2019 piece
"Has Carmichael's Totient Conjecture Been Proven? No, No It Has Not."
"Cute article, bravo!"
—Cédric Villani, about my September 2020 Notices of the American Mathematical Society piece "Mathematicians Eponymous"
"I appreciate your syntax."
—Howard Charles, actor, in response to fan mail
"It is hard to imagine how anyone could top Sophia's eagle eye and attention to detail. In the same sense that Tour de France riders
make me feel like I'm a lesser species of rider on my own bicycle, Sophia made me wonder what kind of brain
she was using and whether there were any drugs I could inject to make mine perform like hers."
—Bernard Brown, managing editor of Grid, about my work copyediting for that magazine
"I wanted to reach out and thank you personally for the excellent job you did with the copyedit. Very impressive! I have worked with many editors over the years, and you are definitely among the best. Very skilled! I'm working on a few more book ideas, and I definitely would love to work with you again."
—Aaron Bracy, regarding my copyedit of A Soaring Season: The Incredible, Inspiring Story of the 2003–04 Saint Joseph's Hawks
