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Ethan Watters is an American journalist. He is the author of articles for The New York Times Magazine , Spin , Details , Mother Jones , Glamour , [1] GQ , Esquire , and the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine as well as books. [2] He has also appeared on a number of media outlets such as Good Morning America , Talk of the Nation , and CNN. [3]
Watters is married and has children. He and his family live in San Francisco, California. [3]
In 1994, Watters co-founded, along with two others, the San Francisco Writers' Grotto, which now has 33 offices and serves as a workspace for over 50 writers each month. He also teaches classes here. [3] His work focuses on psychiatry and social psychology. [4]
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