Jonathan Weiner

Jonathan Weiner
Born (1953-11-26) November 26, 1953 (age 70)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materHarvard University
GenreNon-fiction
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
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Jonathan Weiner (born November 26, 1953) is an American writer of non-fiction books based on his biological observations, focusing particularly on evolution in the Galápagos Islands, genetics, and the environment.

His latest book is Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality (Ecco Press, July 2010) a look at the scientific search for the Fountain of Youth.

He won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the 1994 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science for his book The Beak of the Finch.[1][2] In 1999 he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize in 2000 for his book Time, Love, Memory about Seymour Benzer.

  1. ^ "Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Weiner presents his new book in Sofia", Sofia Echo, June 6, 2011. Retrieved November 24, 2013
  2. ^ Lonsdale, Carol J. & Smith, Harding E. (1994) "15th Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes WINNER: JONATHAN WEINER `THE BEAK OF THE FINCH' The Beak That Brings Life", Los Angeles Times, November 13, 1994, p. 7G