Stacy Perman is a staff writer at BusinessWeek, covering small business and entrepreneurship. Previously she was a writer and correspondent for Time, reporting from New York, Chicago, Berlin, and Tokyo. Most recently she's the author of the New York Times best seller In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules (HarperCollins, 2009). Her work has appeared in such publications as Business 2.0, The Wall Street Journal, Inc., Los Angeles Times, and Los Angeles magazine. Perman holds a bachelor's degree from UCLA and a master's from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.