Amy Ellis Nutt

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Amy Ellis Nutt
BornApril 26, 1955
Staten Island New York
OccupationJournalist, Author
Language English
Education Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (M.S.)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S.)

Smith College (B.A.)
Notable awards Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing

Amy Ellis Nutt is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist [1] and a New York Times bestselling author. [2] She was the recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her reporting at The Star-Ledger on the 2009 wreck of the Lady Mary fishing vessel. [3] She has also worked as a health and science writer for The Washington Post and a writer-reporter at Sports Illustrated . [4]

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Early life

Nutt was born on April 26, 1955, to David and Grace Nutt in Staten Island, New York, and subsequently grew up in central New Jersey, where she was the third of five children. [5] Raised in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, [6] Nutt attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, where she graduated in 1973; Nutt was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 2018. [7]

She attended Smith College, where she received a B.A. in English and Philosophy in 1977, before eventually matriculating to MIT, where she earned a Master of Science in Philosophy in 1985. [8] Afterward, she briefly worked as a philosophy instructor at Tufts University and the University of Massachusetts. [9]

Journalism career

After receiving her M.S., Nutt enrolled in Ph.D. programs at both Boston College and MIT, but lost interest and did not complete them. [10] Afterward, she took a fact-checking job at Sports Illustrated during the 1988 Summer Olympics. [11] She remained with Sports Illustrated for nine years thereafter, eventually being promoted to a reporting position. [12]

During her time at Sports Illustrated, Nutt pursued a Master of Science in Journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and has worked intermittently as an adjunct professor at the university since her graduation in 1995. [8]

In 1997, Nutt joined The Star-Ledger in New Jersey as a staff writer, where she remained until 2014. [13] During her tenure at the newspaper, she was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University from 2004 to 2005, [14] and a Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University from 2013 to 2014. [15]

Nutt was a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for her series "The Accidental Artist," [16] and won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in the same category for her story "The Wreck of the Lady Mary." [17]

In 2014, she joined the national staff of the Washington Post, writing for the health, science and environment team through 2018. [18]

Amy Ellis Nutt contributed to numerous insightful articles for her readers while she was employed by The Washington Post, covering subjects including autism, suicide, and brain research, among others. Her writings are in-depth, powerful real-life conversations in which she catches the moments when the readers' minds are not simply explained but also painted. [19] [20] [21]

She has published three books, two of which have become New York Times bestsellers. [22] She has received a contract for a fourth book. [23]

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  2. ↑ "Pulitzer Prize Author to Speak at President's Convocation | Illinois Wesleyan". www.iwu.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
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  4. ↑ "Amy Ellis Nutt Speaker Pricing & Availability from AEI Speakers Bureau". AEI Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
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  6. ↑ Vanderhoof, Tricia. "Mondays with authors: Gender identity focus of Amy Ellis Nutt's Becoming Nicole", Courier News , June 14, 2018. Accessed August 12, 2019. "Nutt was born in Staten Island and grew up in New Jersey, She has lived in Scotch Plains, Princeton, Cranbury, Bridgewater, Somerville and Watchung. She’s in Washington, D.C. now, but still keeps her 908-cell phone."
  7. ↑ Mooney, John. "NJ Devils Co-Owner David Blitzer Will Return to Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School for Hall of Fame Induction", TAP into Scotch Plains / Fanwood, December 9, 2018. Accessed August 12, 2019. "Amy Nutt '73, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, investigative and science reporter and author"
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  10. ↑ "A Passion for Reporting". Irish America. 2011-12-01. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
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  14. ↑ "Nieman Fellowships - Amy Ellis Nutt". harvard.edu.
  15. ↑ Nutt, Amy Ellis (2015-10-29). Becoming Nicole: The Extraordinary Transformation of an Ordinary Family. Atlantic Books. ISBN   9781782399629.
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  17. ↑ "Pulitzer Winners: Amy Ellis Nutt of The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ". www.pulitzer.org.
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  24. ↑ Nutt, Amy Ellis (2014-04-19). Shadows Bright as Glass. Free Press. ISBN   9781439143117.
  25. ↑ "The Teenage Brain - Frances E. Jensen - E-book". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
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