Douglas Fisher is coauthor with Nancy Frey of the Heinemann title Word Wise and Content Rich (2008). He is a classroom teacher and a faculty member at San Diego State University and Health Sciences High & Middle College. His work focuses on ensuring students develop literacy across content areas. Doug and Nancy have collaborated on three prior books: Checking for Understanding (2007), 50 Content-Area Strategies for Adolescent Learning (2006), and Improving Adolescent Literacy (2003).