Jen Banbury

Jen Banbury is an American playwright, author and journalist. After publishing plays and a novel, she turned to reporting in 2003, becoming a freelancer who has reported for NPR [See story in External Links] , Salon.com, and other organizations. In 2003 and 2004, she reported from Baghdad for Salon. On March 3,2004, Salon published her story "Guantanamo on Steroids", [See External Links] one of the earliest articles about U.S. soldiers' abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. It was listed as one of the "Best of Salon" for 2003. [See http://archive.salon.com/special/10th/2005/11/12/best_of_salon_2003/index.html] Her Salon reporting was cited and her story "Night Raid in Baghdad" was reprinted in "Boots on the Ground: Stories of American Soldiers from Iraq to Afghanistan" by Clint Willis. [Page 265 (ISBN 1560255870)]

Publications

*Novel: "Like a Hole in the Head," 1998 (ISBN 0316171107). Mentioned on pages 14, 18, 138, and 139 of "Novelist's Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes" by Raymond Obstfeld (ISBN 0898799732).
*Play: "How Alex Looks When She's Hurt," 1998 [Publishers Weekly review, quoted on Amazon.com ]

References

External links

* [http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/27jenbanbury.html August 2004 Interviw with Banbury]
* [http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/03/03/prison/index.html "Guantanamo on Steroids"] from Salon.
* [http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/03/20/iraq/index.html "For the first time, I've started to feel unsafe in Iraq"] March 20, 2004 story on Salon.
* [http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/07/leaving/index.html "Fleeing Baghdad"] April 7, 2004 story on Salon.
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4716843 "Vigilantes Go on the Offensive to Bait Net Crooks"] June 24, 2005 story for the NPR program Morning Edition.
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6084176 A Mobile Propane Salesman in Baghdad] Soundclip broadcast on All Things Considered on September 15, 2006.
* [http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/06/30/AM200606302.html "Latest in the fight against arson"] June 30, 2006 story for Minnesota Public Radio program Marketplace.
* [http://www.salon.com/books/sneaks/1998/05/01sneaks.html Review of "Like a Hole in the Head"] by Suzette Lalime Davidson on Salon (May 1, 1998.
* [http://www.sarahweinman.com/confessions/2004/11/the_disappeared.html Review of "Hole" and comments on Banbury's other work] by Sarah Weinman, the Baltimore Sun's crime fiction columnist.
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E7DF153FF930A35756C0A96E958260 Review of "Hole"] by Brian Morton in the New York Times, Published: May 3, 1998.