Tucson Festival of Books

Alan Weisman



Beckie Kravetz

Alan Weisman has reported from all seven continents and more than 60 countries. His books include The New York Times bestseller "The World Without Us," a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His work has appeared in Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, and Salon, and on NPR. A cofounder of the journalism collective Homelands Productions, he is laureate professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Arizona, where he has led international reporting field courses. 

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Awards: Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Wenjin Book Prize (National Library of China), Social Inventions Award (Global Ideas Bank). Finalist: National Book Critics Circle Award, Rachel Carson Prize, J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, Orion Book Award, Books for a Better Life Award

Communities: I live in western Massachusetts, but I've lived much of my life in Prescott, Sonoita, Patagonia, and Tucson AZ, and return often.


Books:
Hope Dies Last
Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Penguin Group
April 2025
ISBN 9781524746698
512 pages

The World Without Us
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Picador
April 2022
ISBN 9781250834003
448 pages