Peter Hessler
Author of River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
About the Author
Peter Hessler is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he served as the Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, and is also a contributing writer for National Geographic. He is the author of River Town, which won the Kiriyama Prize; Oracle Bones, which was a finalist for the National Book Award; show more and, most recently, Country Driving. He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting, and he was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2011. He lives in Cairo. show less
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- Birthdate
- 1968-06-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Columbia, Missouri, USA
Fuling, China
Cairo, Egypt - Education
- Princeton University
University of Oxford (Mansfield College)
Hickman High School - Occupations
- journalist
travel writer - Relationships
- Chang, Leslie T (wife)
- Organizations
- The New Yorker
Peace Corps - Awards and honors
- Rhodes Scholarship
- Short biography
- Peter Hessler joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 2000. He is the magazine’s correspondent in the People’s Republic of China, where he has lived since 1996. His Letter from China articles have included features on the basketball player Yao Ming, a Shenzhen factory worker, and a rural family in the grip of a medical crisis. He has also written about being robbed on the border between China and North Korea, the Mongolian Presidential elections, and the Three Gorges Dam.
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