Eli Saslow | |
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Born | Littleton, Colorado, U.S. | May 15, 1982
Education | Syracuse University |
Occupation | Sportscaster Screenwriter [1] |
Years active | 2004–present |
Employer(s) | The Washington Post ESPN The Magazine |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize (2014, 2023) George Polk award (2013, 2020) Dayton Literary Peace Prize (2019) |
Eli Eric Saslow (born May 15, 1982) is an American journalist, currently a writer-at-large for The New York Times.[2] He has also written for The Washington Post and ESPN The Magazine. He is a 2014 and a 2023 winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a recipient of the George Polk award and other honors. He was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing in 2013, 2016 and 2017.[3] He is a Writers Guild of America screenwriter, and the co-writer for Four Good Days, which stars Mila Kunis and Glenn Close and was nominated for an Academy Award.[4][5] He has published three books, including the best-selling Rising Out of Hatred, which won the 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.[6]