Elizabeth Kolbert (born July 6, 1961) is an American author and journalist. Since 1999, she has been a staff writer for The New Yorker, where she has covered politics and the environment. She is the author of six books, including The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History–a New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner–and Under a White Sky, which was one of The Washington Post's ten best books of 2021. Kolbert is a two-time National Magazine Award winner and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her work has appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing and The Best American Essays.
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