Alan Weisman

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Alan Weisman Biography

Alan Weisman's reports from around the world have appeared in Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Orion, Wilson Quarterly, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, Discover, Audubon, Condé Nast Traveler, and in many anthologies, including Best American Science Writing 2006. His most recent book, The World Without Us, a bestseller translated into 30 languages, was named the Best Nonfiction Book of 2007 by both Time Magazine and Entertainment Weekly, the #1 Nonfiction Audiobook of 2007 by iTunes; a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction, for the Orion Prize, and a Book Sense 2008 Honor Book.

His previous books include An Echo In My Blood; Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World (10th anniversary edition available from Chelsea Green); and La Frontera: The United States Border With Mexico. He has also written the introduction for The World We Have by Thich Nhat Hanh, available this fall from Parallax Press. A senior producer for Homelands Productions, Weisman’s documentaries have aired on National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and American Public Media. Each spring, he leads an annual field program in international journalism at the University of Arizona, where he is Laureate Associate Professor in Journalism and Latin American Studies. He and his wife, sculptor Beckie Kravetz, live in western Massachusetts.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/06/2024.

Alan Weisman Books

  • Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
    Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
  • Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
    Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
  • Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, 2nd Edition
    Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, 2nd Edition
  • The World Without Us
    The World Without Us
  • An Echo in My Blood: The Search for My Family's Hidden Past
    An Echo in My Blood: The Search for My Family's Hidden Past

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