- Jen Banbury
Jen Banbury is an American
playwright ,author andjournalist . After publishing plays and a novel, she turned to reporting in 2003, becoming a freelancer who has reported forNPR [See story in External Links] ,Salon.com , and other organizations. In 2003 and 2004, she reported from Baghdad for Salon. OnMarch 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 atAbu 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" byClint 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 theNPR programMorning Edition .
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6084176 A Mobile Propane Salesman in Baghdad] Soundclip broadcast onAll Things Considered onSeptember 15 ,2006 .
* [http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/06/30/AM200606302.html "Latest in the fight against arson"]June 30 ,2006 story forMinnesota Public Radio program Marketplace.
* [http://www.salon.com/books/sneaks/1998/05/01sneaks.html Review of "Like a Hole in the Head"] bySuzette 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] bySarah Weinman , theBaltimore Sun 's crime fiction columnist.
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E7DF153FF930A35756C0A96E958260 Review of "Hole"] byBrian Morton in theNew York Times , Published:May 3 ,1998 .
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