This interview with editor/publisher Robert Gottlieb and author Robert Caro is the first in a new "Behind the Book" series. These interviews focus on leading gatekeepers in publishing who bring great works to fruition, from the germ of an idea to the production of a physical book.

Robert Gottlieb is a former publisher and editor-in-chief of Alfred A. Knopf Inc., a division of Random House, as well as a former editor of the New Yorker magazine.

Robert Caro is an acclaimed biographer best known for his prize-winning books on Lyndon Johnson.

For transcript and more information, visit https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9601