- Elizabeth Kolbert
Elizabeth Kolbert (b.1961) is an American
journalist andauthor . She is best-known for her 2006 bookField Notes from a Catastrophe , and as an astute observer and commentator on environmentalism for "The New Yorker" Magazine.Background and education
Kolbert spent her early childhood in the Bronx; her family then relocated to
Larchmont, New York , where she remained until 1979.After graduating high school, Kolbert spent four years studying literature at Yale University. In 1983, she was awarded a
Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Universitat-Hamburg , in Germany.Career
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The New York Times "Kolbert began her career at
The New York Times , where she worked as a reporter from 1984 to 1999."
The New Yorker "Kolbert has been a staff-writer for "
The New Yorker " since 1999. She received a Lannan Literary Fellowship in 2006.Personal
Kolbert resides in
Massachusetts with her husband and three sons.Books
*"The Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic," editor (with Francis Spufford) (Bloomsbury, 2007). ISBN 978-1596914438 .
*"Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change" (Bloomsbury, 2006). ISBN 978-1596911253 .
*"The Prophet of Love : And Other Tales of Power and Deceit", ISBN 1582344639 .External links
* [http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/ikolbert.asp Interview with Elizabeth Kolbert] at NRDC
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