Daniel Kadlec joined TIME magazine as a Senior Writer and columnist in October 1996. His focus is on the economy and investing, though he covers many aspects of business. His cover stories for the magazine have ranged from one on the low-carbohydrate diet fad to another on economic trends that will keep many Americans at work until they're 80.

Kadlec has appeared on CNN, CNBC, Good Morning America, PBS's Nightly Business Report, and Wall Street Week with Fortune and been a guest on numerous radio networks, including XM and Sirius. He is a contributor to World Book. He won a New York Press Club award in 2002 and a National Headliner Award in 1998 for his columns on investing.

In September 2005 Kadlec's second book, titled The Power Years: A User's Guide to the Rest of Your Life (co-authored by Ken Dychtwald) will be published by Wiley. This book examines the fast-evolving nature of retirement and describes how and why Baby Boomers will use their unprecedented longevity, health and wealth to redefine life's later years not as a time of withdrawal and entitlement but as a time to stay engaged and keep contributing in ways that are fun and fulfilling. Kadlec's first book, Masters of the Universe, was published by HarperCollins in 1999. The book is based on interviews with business titans including Sanford Weill, Sumner Redstone, Carl Icahn, Hugh McColl, Ted Forstmann, Henry Silverman, Stephen Bollenbach, Gary Wilson and Joe Rice.

Kadlec joined TIME from USA Today where he was the creator and author of the daily column, "Street Talk," which anchored the newspaper's business coverage. Kadlec first joined USA Today in 1986 as a business writer. He left briefly in 1989 to become part of the editorial leadership that launched the St. Louis Sun. He rejoined USA Today in 1990 as an editor, and began the "Street Talk" column in 1992.

Kadlec holds a B.A. in Communications from Marquette University. He and his wife, who is an executive at NBC, have three children and live in Chappaqua, N.Y.