[1] A 1994 honors graduate of Harvard College, Lefer obtained a master's degree in 1995 from Columbia University's School of Journalism.
[2] Lefer co-wrote the book They Made America (Little, Brown 2004), with Harold Evans and Gail Buckland.
This history of American innovation was subsequently made into a four-part PBS series, which Lefer helped to produce.
Fortune Magazine named the book one of the top 100 business books of the past 75 years,[3] and the Los Angeles Times review praised its educational value,[4] although the New York Times was less complimentary.
[6] Lefer is also the author of The Founding Conservatives: How a Group of Unsung Heroes Saved the American Revolution, published by Penguin in June 2013.