Biography
Nathaniel Rich is the author, most recently, of two works of nonfiction on environmental themes: Second Nature, which includes the story that serves as the basis for the film Dark Waters; and Losing Earth, a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Award, and a winner of awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists and the American Institute of Physics. Rich is also the author of the novels King Zeno, Odds Against Tomorrow, and The Mayor’s Tongue. He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and a frequent contributor to the Atlantic, Harper's, and the New York Review of Books.