Rodney A. Brooks writes about retirement and issues related to economic and health disparities. His retirement columns appear on U.S. News & World Report and Senior Planet.com, and he is a contributing writer at National Geographic. He has also written columns for The Washington Post, USA TODAY. Brooks is co-author of Retirement Planning Essentials: A Guide to Living Well Without Running out of Money. He is also author of Is One Million Dollars Enough: A Guide to Planning for and Living Through a Successful Retirement.He previously served as Deputy Managing Editor and retirement columnist for USA TODAY and assistant business editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He has also worked as a reporter or editor for the Asheville Citizen-Times and the Ithaca Journal.A native of Linden, N.J., he received a B.S. in Communication Arts from Cornell University and an executive certificate in financial planning from Georgetown University. Brooks has been a fellow at the GSA Journalists in Aging Fellowship Program and the Age Boom Academy at Columbia University. He also was selected for National Press Foundation fellowships on pensions and retirement reporting.