Anne Nelson (born 1954) is an American journalist, author, playwright, and professor.[1]

Anne Nelson
Nelson at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Nelson at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Alma materYale University
Subject
  • History
  • current events
Notable works
  • Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler
  • The Guys
Website
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Early life and education edit

Anne Nelson was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1954, and spent her childhood in Lincoln, Nebraska.[2][3] She graduated from Yale University in 1976.[2][4]

Career edit

From 1980 to 1983, Nelson served as a war correspondent in El Salvador and Guatemala.[3][4]

In 2005, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Nonfiction and German and East European History for her research for the book Red Orchestra.[5]

Nelson teaches at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.[4]

Nelson's 2019 book Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right deals with the political influence of groups including the right wing Council for National Policy.[6]

In 2024, she was named to the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame.[7]

Bibliography edit

  • Murder Under Two Flags: The US, Puerto Rico, and the Cerro Maravilla Cover-up; New York : Ticknor & Fields, 1986. ISBN 9780899193717[8]
  • The Guys: A Play. New York : Random House, 2002. ISBN 9780812967296[1]
  • Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler. New York: Random House, 2009. ISBN 9781400060009 OCLC 229467500[9]
  • Suzanne's Children New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017. ISBN 9781501105333[10]
  • Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right, New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. ISBN 9781635573190[11]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Anne Nelson". Simon & Schuster.
  2. ^ a b "Anne Nelson-Black papers". Yale University. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "An Interview with Anne Nelson, Playwright & Screenwriter of The Guys". February 10, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Anne Nelson - Penguin Random House". www.penguinrandomhouse.com.
  5. ^ "Anne Nelson". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Stern, Scott W. (February 19, 2020). "How Powerful Is This Right-Wing Shadow Network?". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame to add 12 members, including 3 with ties to The Oklahoman". The Oklahoman. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  8. ^ Reviews for Murder Under Two Flags:
  9. ^ Reviews for Red Orchestra:
  10. ^ Reviews for Suzanne's Children:
  11. ^ Reviews for Shadow Network:

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