Among other books, he is the author of First Person Political:  Legislative Life and the Meaning of Public ServiceÌý(2006),ÌýNarratives of Justice: Legislators’ Beliefs about Distributive Fairness (1996), co-author of Click on Democracy: The Internet’s Power to Change Political Apathy into Civic Action (2002), and co-editor of The Trusted Leader: Building the Relationships that Make Government Work (2008, 2^nd ed. 2012). His academic journal publications include pieces in Health Affairs;ÌýJournal of Health Politics, Policy and Law;ÌýThe Responsive Community;ÌýPolity; and PS: Political Science and Politics.

He has also published many editorial essays on various political topics, including pieces in The New York Times,ÌýThe Chicago Tribune,ÌýThe Ottawa Citizen,ÌýNewsday,ÌýThe Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and pieces that have been distributed through Knight-Ridder. At various points he has been a regular columnist for The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Post-Standard.

He has also been quoted in many newspaper stories, including pieces appearing in The New York Times,ÌýThe Wall Street Journal,ÌýUSA Today,ÌýThe Financial Times,ÌýThe Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News, Salon,ÌýNewsday,ÌýThe Hill,ÌýRoll Call, and Ouest France. Grant is a 1982 graduate of Dartmouth College, and earned his Ph.D. in 1992 from Yale University.