Graeme Wood (journalist)

Graeme Charles Arthur Wood (born August 21, 1979) is a Canadian-American journalist who has written for The New Yorker,[1] The American Scholar, The New Republic, Bloomberg Businessweek, Culture+Travel, The Wall Street Journal and the International Herald Tribune. He is a contributing editor to The Atlantic.[2] Wood works as a lecturer in political science at Yale University.[3]

In 2017, he won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction for his book The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State.[4]

Early life and education

Wood was born in Polk County, Minnesota.[5] He grew up in Dallas and graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas in 1997.[6] He transferred from Deep Springs College to Harvard University, where he graduated in 2001.[7]

Notable articles
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References
  1. Graeme Wood (2008). "Letter from Pashmul: Policing Afghanistan: An ethnic-minority force enters a Taliban stronghold". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  2. "Author page". The Atlantic. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  3. "Author page". Yale University. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  4. "Governor General Literary Awards announced: Joel Thomas Hynes wins top English fiction prize". CBC News, November 1, 2017.
  5. "Minnesota Birth Index". Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  6. Wood, Graeme. "Richard Spencer Was My High-School Classmate". The Atlantic (June 2017). Retrieved May 15, 2017.
  7. Adam A. Sofen (2000). "Transfers From Deep Springs College Face Unique Transition". Retrieved April 1, 2015.



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