Elizabeth Weil Explained

Elizabeth Weil
Nationality:American
Occupation:Novelist, journalist
Notableworks:The Girl Who Smiled Beads
Spouse:Daniel Duane
Alma Mater:Yale University

Elizabeth Weil is an American journalist and nonfiction writer. Weil wrote for the New York Times for nearly 20 years, during which she also wrote freelance for a number of other magazines. She has also written two nonfiction books and co-authored two nonfiction books. Her journalism has received many accolades, including a New York Press Club Award and a GLAAD Award. Her biography The Girl Who Smiled Beads has received such accolades as the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Nonfiction. From March 2020 until December 2021, Weil wrote for ProPublica. She is now a features writer for New York Magazine.[1] Weil teaches part-time at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Personal life

Weil graduated from Yale University. At present, she lives in San Francisco, California with her husband (Daniel Duane), with whom she shares two daughters.[2] Their daughter Hannah Duane is also a writer who has been published in HuffPost[3] [4] and is a graduate of Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts.[5]

Career

Magazines

Weil worked at the New York Times for nearly 20 years and currently writes for ProPublica. She has also published work in Matter,[6] The Atlantic,[7] Outside,[8] [9] [10] The California Sunday Magazine,[11] Wired,[12] Medium,[13] Men's Journal,[14] Vogue,[15] [16] Mother Jones,[17] Pacific Standard,[18] [19] The New Republic,[20] and others.

She has received a number of accolades:

Weil's work has also been anthologized in Best American Sports Writing, Best American Food Writing, and America's Next Generation of Great Women Journalists.

Books

The Girl Who Smiled Beads

The Girl Who Smiled Beads

A Story of War and What Comes After, written with Clemantine Wamariya, was published April 24, 2018 by Crown.

The book received the following accolades:

No Cheating, No Dying

No Cheating, No Dying: I Had a Good Marriage. Then I Tried To Make It Better. was published February 7, 2012 by Scribner.

They All Laughed at Christopher Columbus

They All Laughed at Christopher Columbus: An Incurable Dreamer Builds the First Civilian Spaceship was initially published in 2002, then republished on October 6, 2010, by Randomhouse Publishing Group.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elizabeth Weil and Roxana Hadadi Join New York Magazine. 2022-01-09. New York Magazine. 22 November 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: About. 2021-09-08. Elizabeth Weil. en-US.
  3. Web site: 2018-03-27 . How Cutting My Hair Short Helped Me Own My Power As A Teenage Girl . 2022-06-28 . HuffPost . en.
  4. Web site: Brodesser-Akner . Taffy . 27 March 2018 . My work daughter (that's a work wife's child designation, right, @lizweil?) Hannah Duane wrote this great story about her haircut. I am not always concerned about the next gen. . 2022-06-28 . Twitter . en.
  5. Web site: class notes . 2022-06-28 . issuu . en.
  6. Web site: Wamariya. Clemantine. Weil. Elizabeth. 2016-04-12. Everything is Yours, Everything is Not Yours. 2021-09-08. Dart Center. en.
  7. Web site: Weil. Elizabeth. 2019-04-08. Kamala Harris Takes Her Shot. 2021-09-08. The Atlantic. en.
  8. Web site: Weil. Elizabeth. 2017-11-21. Mikaela Shiffrin Does Not Have Time for a Beer. 2021-09-08. Outside Online. en-US.
  9. Web site: Weil. Elizabeth. 2014-01-14. The American Stars of Ski Jumping. 2021-09-08. Outside Online. en-US.
  10. Web site: Weil. Elizabeth. 2011-12-12. Heavy Mettle. 2021-09-08. Outside Online. en-US.
  11. Web site: Weil. Elizabeth. 2017-11-30. Raising a Teenage Daughter*. 2021-09-08. The California Sunday Magazine. en.
  12. Weil. Elizabeth. March 2, 2017. The Curse of the Bahia Emerald, a Giant Green Rock That Wreaks Havoc and Ruins Lives. en-US. Wired. 2021-09-08. 1059-1028.
  13. Web site: Weil. Elizabeth. 2015-03-11. What Really Happened to Baby Johan?. 2021-09-08. Medium. en.
  14. Web site: Weil. Elizabeth. 2016-11-02. Is Bill Clinton Our New Model Husband?. 2021-09-08. Men's Journal. en-US.
  15. Web site: Weil. Elizabeth. 2011-01-04. Feeding Frenzy. 2021-09-08. Vogue. en-US.
  16. Web site: Weil. Elizabeth. 2014-11-28. Karlie Kloss Visits Sweden's Treehotel. 2021-09-08. Vogue. en-US.
  17. Web site: Weil. Elizabeth. Breeder Reaction. 2021-09-08. Mother Jones. en-US.
  18. Web site: Weil. Elizabeth. Want to Swim Faster? Terry Laughlin Says Relax. 2021-09-08. Pacific Standard. 14 June 2017 . en.
  19. Web site: Weil. Elizabeth. Robert Lustig and the War on Obesity. 2021-09-08. Pacific Standard. 14 June 2017 . en.
  20. Weil. Elizabeth. 2013-09-03. American Schools Are Failing Nonconformist Kids. Here's How. The New Republic. 2021-09-08. 0028-6583.
  21. Web site: Caruso. Debra. 2016. Consortium of Investigative Journalists Wins Gold Keyboard Award. September 8, 2021. New York Press Club.
  22. Web site: Elizabeth Weil. 2021-09-08. Pulitzer Center. en.
  23. Web site: Awards Search James Beard Foundation. 2021-09-08. James Beard Foundation. en.
  24. Web site: Lopez-Mills. Dario. 2016-04-12. 2016 Dart Award Winners Announced. 2021-09-08. Dart Center. en.
  25. Web site: Elizabeth Weil – The Shorty Awards. 2021-09-08. Shorty Awards.
  26. Web site: Reference & User Services Association. 2020-10-19. 2019 Winners. 2021-09-08. American Library Association. en.
  27. Web site: Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2020-01-27. 2019 Alex Awards. 2021-09-08. American Library Association. en.
  28. Web site: The Girl Who Smiled Beads. 2021-09-08. Goodreads.
  29. Web site: Cowles. Gregory. May 24, 2018. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week. 2021-09-08. New York Times.
  30. News: November 13, 2018. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2018. Washington Post.
  31. Web site: The Girl Who Smiled Beads. 2021-09-08. Penguin Randomhouse. en-US.
  32. Web site: Best Biographies of 2018. 2021-09-08. Kirkus Reviews. en.

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