Narrative Nonfiction Book Authors
Here you'll find some of us who write book-length true tales, whether historical or contemporary. If you write nonfiction with a narrative structure give me a shout to be added. If you enjoy reading it, find your favorite authors here.
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@danieljamesbrown.bsky.social
@tracyslater.bsky.social
Nonfiction writer; B&N Discover Great New Writers Pick; Next book: Together in Manzanar: The True story of a Japanese Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp (July ‘25); Work in NYT, WashPo, WSJ, +; Rep: @abwycisk.bsky.social; www.tracyslater.com
@mimiswartz.bsky.social
Texas Monthly writer. Dog lover. Thinking about moving elsewhere for the duration.
@liseolsen.bsky.social
Investigations editor @TexasObserver.org Author of THE SCIENTIST & THE SERIAL KILLER, out in April (Random House) & CODE OF SILENCE—the inside story of the first federal judge to be impeached for sex crimes (@BeaconPress) Deets http://www.liseolsen.com/
@denisekiernan.com
Author: THE GIRLS OF ATOMIC CITY, THE LAST CASTLE, WE GATHER TOGETHER & other writerly whatnot #Books & more: www.denisekiernan.com Host: CRAFT: Authors in Conversation #climate #historynerd #vegan #ASRoma I❤️Dobermans
@pgourevitch.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The New Yorker. Author of 'The Ballad of Abu Ghraib', 'A Cold Case' & 'We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families.’ Faculty at Bard Prison Initiative.
@pagankennedy.bsky.social
Author of "The Secret History of the Rape Kit" and 11 other books. Contributor to NY Times, Atlantic, New Yorker, etc. Former "zine queen" of the 1990s.
@abbottkahler.bsky.social
Time traveler, purveyor of weird and wicked history, NYT bestselling author. New nonfiction: EDEN UNDONE: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II. https://www.abbottkahler.com/
@mgoodmanbooks.bsky.social
Brooklynite, author of narrative histories including the NYT bestseller EIGHTY DAYS and THE CITY GAME, and the recently released PARIS UNDERCOVER. Mets fan. Loves the semicolon.
@isabelwilkerson.bsky.social
I write about human nature. Pulitzer Prize. National Humanities Medal. Author of The Warmth of Other Suns and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
@maryroach.bsky.social
Nonfiction author, science goober. Stiff, Bonk, Fuzz, Grunt, Packing for Mars, etc.
@praddenkeefe.bsky.social
New Yorker staff writer. Author of Rogues, Empire of Pain, Say Nothing, The Snakehead. Podcast: Wind of Change. Producer of a new 9-part FX series based on Say Nothing, available now on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else).
@soniapurnell.bsky.social
Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman’s astonishing life of power, seduction & intrigue. Described as ‘triumph’ by William Boyd. New York Times bestselling author. A Woman of No Importance. Tried to warn you about Johnson. Plutarch Prize winner www.soniapurnell.com
@cherylstrayed.bsky.social
Writer. Mom. Portlander. Traveler. Cat/dog lady. Author of Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things, Torch, and Brave Enough. Also: Dear Sugar.
@exlarson.bsky.social
Author, tennis addict, lover of Hendrick's martinis, interesting restaurants, and long walks in Central Park. Website: eriklarsonbooks.com
@davidmaraniss.bsky.social
Biographer, historian, journalist, professor, grandfather, Detroit born, DC and Madison based. Believer in Smokey Robinson, George Orwell, democracy, freedom of the press,Jim Thorpe, Roberto Clemente. and the Green Bay Packers.
@davidgrann.bsky.social
Author of The Wager, Killers of The Flower Moon, The Lost City of Z, The White Darkness, and The Devil and Sherlock Holmes. Also a longtime New Yorker writer.
@danieljamesbrown.bsky.social
Author: THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, FACING THE MOUNTAIN, THE INDIFFERENT STARS ABOVE, and UNDER A FLAMING SKY. I write about the American character, as it once was. Fie on fascists, racists, and misogynists. https://www.danieljamesbrown.com/books/