Amanda Ripley

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Amanda Ripley
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Education Cornell University (BA)
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Amanda Ripley is an American journalist and author. She has covered high-profile topics for Time and other outlets, and she contributes to The Atlantic. Her book The Smartest Kids in the World was a New York Times bestseller.

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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]

Amanda Ripley and poet Padraig O Tuama at the United States Institute for Peace in 2023 The Poetry of War and Peace.jpg
Amanda Ripley and poet Pádraig Ó Tuama at the United States Institute for Peace in 2023

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 TheAtlantic, 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.

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Books

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References

  1. Ripley, Amanda. "Teacher, Leave Those Kids Alone". Time . Archived from the original on September 24, 2011.
  2. "National Magazine Awards". www.asme.media. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  3. "Complicating the Narratives". thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  4. Ripley, Amanda. "Americans Are at Each Other's Throats. Here's One Way Out". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  5. Ripley, Amanda. "Federal Law Enforcement Has a Woman Problem". Politico. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  6. "Amanda Ripley Author Page" The Atlantic
  7. "How To! Show". Slate. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  8. "Hardcover Nonfiction Books, Bestsellers". The New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  9. Ripley, Amanda. "High Conflict". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  10. Ripley, Amanda. "Latest Articles". Official Website. Retrieved January 5, 2021.