Eliza Griswold
Encyclopedia
Eliza Griswold is an award-winning American
journalist and poet. She is a fellow at the New America Foundation
and won a 2010 Rome Prize
from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
She is a former Nieman Fellow, and has been published in The New Yorker
, Harper's Magazine
, and the New York Times Magazine.
in 1995 and studied creative writing at Johns Hopkins University
. She won the first Robert I. Friedman Prize in Investigative Journalism in 2004, for "In the Hiding Zone", about Pakistan
's Waziristan Agency. She worked with Pakistani journalist Hayatullah Khan, who acted as her handler.
Griswold has written widely on the "war on terror
".
Griswold published "Wideawake Field", a book of poetry, on May 17, 2007.
A second book, The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam, is a travelogue about the regions of the world along the line of latitude
where Christianity and Islam clash. In 2011 Griswold was awarded the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
for the The Tenth Parallel.
In 2011 in the New York Times Magazine, she published an investigative report, The Fracturing of Pennsylvania, which investigated the environmentally-questionable practices of fracking companies such as Range Resources
.
, the 25th Presiding Bishop
of the Episcopal Church.
She married Christopher Allen on June 8, 1996.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
journalist and poet. She is a fellow at the New America Foundation
New America Foundation
The New America Foundation is a non-profit public policy institute and think tank with offices in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, CA. It was founded in 1999 by Ted Halstead, Sherle Schwenninger, Michael Lind and Walter Russell Mead....
and won a 2010 Rome Prize
Rome Prize
The Rome Prize is an American award made annually by the American Academy in Rome, through a national competition, to 15 emerging artists and to 15 scholars The Rome Prize is an American award made annually by the American Academy in Rome, through a national competition, to 15 emerging artists...
from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
She is a former Nieman Fellow, and has been published in The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, Harper's Magazine
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts, with a generally left-wing perspective. It is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. . The current editor is Ellen Rosenbush, who replaced Roger Hodge in January 2010...
, and the New York Times Magazine.
Life and work
Eliza Griswold graduated from Princeton UniversityPrinceton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1995 and studied creative writing at Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
. She won the first Robert I. Friedman Prize in Investigative Journalism in 2004, for "In the Hiding Zone", about Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
's Waziristan Agency. She worked with Pakistani journalist Hayatullah Khan, who acted as her handler.
Griswold has written widely on the "war on terror
War on Terror
The War on Terror is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as well as non-NATO countries...
".
Griswold published "Wideawake Field", a book of poetry, on May 17, 2007.
A second book, The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam, is a travelogue about the regions of the world along the line of latitude
Latitude
In geography, the latitude of a location on the Earth is the angular distance of that location south or north of the Equator. The latitude is an angle, and is usually measured in degrees . The equator has a latitude of 0°, the North pole has a latitude of 90° north , and the South pole has a...
where Christianity and Islam clash. In 2011 Griswold was awarded the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
The J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize is an annual award in the amount of $10,000 given to a book that exemplifies, "literary grace, a commitment to serious research and social concern.” The prize is given by the Nieman Foundation and by the Columbia University School of Journalism. The prize is named...
for the The Tenth Parallel.
In 2011 in the New York Times Magazine, she published an investigative report, The Fracturing of Pennsylvania, which investigated the environmentally-questionable practices of fracking companies such as Range Resources
Range Resources
Range Resources is a Texas-based natural gas company mainly engaged in the fracking and well drilling of shale gas contained in the Marcellus Formation in the Eastern United States. The company was first to devise techniques for extracting gas from the Marcellus Shale, through the use of test...
.
Family
Eliza Griswold is the daughter of Frank GriswoldFrank Tracy Griswold
Frank Tracy Griswold III is an American bishop. He was the 25th Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church....
, the 25th Presiding Bishop
Presiding Bishop
The Presiding Bishop is an ecclesiastical position in some denominations of Christianity.- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America :The Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is the chief ecumenical officer of the church, and the leader and caretaker for the bishops of the...
of the Episcopal Church.
She married Christopher Allen on June 8, 1996.
External links
- Official website
- Griswold profile at the New America Foundation
- Smithsonian interview of Griswold
- Video interview/discussion with Griswold by Robert WrightRobert Wright (journalist)Robert Wright is an American journalist, scholar, and prize-winning author of best-selling books about science, evolutionary psychology, history, religion, and game theory, including The Evolution of God, Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and Their Gods:...
on Bloggingheads.tvBloggingheads.tvBloggingheads.tv is a political, world events, philosophy, and science video blog discussion site in which the participants take part in an active back and forth conversation via webcam which is then broadcast online to viewers... - Macmillan Speakers Bureau profile