Maureen Ogle is a historian and author of several books.

She has spoken to an eclectic array of audiences, from beer conventions to marketing events for Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal; from the Emily Dickinson Museum to the National Business Incubators Association.

She is a contributor to Fox Business Network and has published opinion pieces in the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. She has appeared in a number of documentaries, including "Modern Marvels: Plumbing" (History Channel); "Ultimate Factories: Budweiser" (National Geographic Channel); "The American Brew" (Florentine Films); and "American Originals: Budweiser" (CNBC).

She is currently writing a history of meat in America (Carnivore Nation: Meat and the Making of Modern America, forthcoming, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).