Amanda Ripley
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Biography
Amanda Ripley was born in Arizona and grew up in New Jersey. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University in 1996 with a B.A. in government.
After covering Capitol Hill for Congressional Quarterly, Ripley learned to write long-form feature stories under editor David Carr at the Washington City Paper. She then spent a decade working for Time magazine from New York, Washington and Paris.[1] She covered the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the anthrax investigation and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, helping Time win two National Magazine Awards.[2]
Ripley has written three nonfiction books about human behavior, including The Smartest Kids in the World, a New York Times bestseller. In 2018, she became certified in conflict mediation and began training journalists to cover polarizing conflict differently,[3] in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network. Ripley writes op-eds for The Washington Post[4] and feature articles for Politico[5] and The Atlantic, where she is a contributing writer.[6] She also hosts the "How To!" show for Slate.[7]
She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband. Her brother is the screenwriter Ben Ripley.
Works
Books
- 2009. The Unthinkable: Who Survives when Disaster Strikes - and Why. New York : Arrow Books. Template:ISBN, Template:Catalog lookup link.
- 2014. The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. Template:ISBN, Template:Catalog lookup link. NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller, September 22, 2013.[8]
- 2021. High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster. Template:ISBN, Template:Catalog lookup link.[9]
Selected articles
- 2010. "What Makes a Great Teacher?" The Atlantic. January/February issue.
- 2013. "The Case Against High School Sports." The Atlantic. October issue.
- 2016. "How America Outlawed Adolescence." The Atlantic. November issue.
- 2018. "Complicating the Narratives." The Whole Story.
- 2019. "The Least Politically Prejudiced Place in America." The Atlantic.
- 2020. "We've Created Cartoonish Narratives About People in the Opposite Party. They're Not True." The Washington Post.[10]
- 2022. "I stopped reading the news. Is the problem me — or the product?" The Washington Post.
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