Amanda Ripley

Amanda Ripley is an American journalist and author.

For the Alien character, see Amanda Ripley (character).
Amanda Ripley
BornArizona
OccupationJournalist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University
Genrenon-fiction

Biography

Daughter of Alexander and Ellen Ripley, Amanda Ripley was born in Arizona and grew up in New Jersey. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University in 1996 with a B.A. in government.

After covering Capitol Hill for Congressional Quarterly, Ripley learned to write long-form feature stories under editor David Carr at Washington City Paper. She then spent a decade working for TIME Magazine from New York, Washington and Paris.[1] She covered the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the anthrax investigation and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, helping Time win two National Magazine Awards.[2] Ripley has written three investigative nonfiction books about human behavior, including The Smartest Kids in the World, a New York Times bestseller. In 2018, she became certified in conflict mediation and began training journalists to cover polarizing conflict differently,[3] in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network. Ripley writes op-eds for the Washington Post[4] and feature articles for Politico[5] and the Atlantic, where she is a contributing writer.[6]

She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband. Her brother is the screenwriter Ben Ripley.

Works

Books
  • 2009. The Unthinkable: Who Survives when Disaster Strikes - and Why. New York : Arrow Books. ISBN 9780099525721, OCLC 972068736.
  • 2014. The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. ISBN 9781451654431, OCLC 862348013. NYT Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller, September 22, 2013.[7]
  • 2021. High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781982128562, OCLC 10581323837.[8]

Selected Articles

References
  1. "Teacher, Leave Those Kids Alone" Amanda Ripley. TIME
  2. "National Magazine Awards". Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  3. "Complicating the Narratives". Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  4. Ripley, Amanda. "Americans Are at Each Other's Throats. Here's One Way Out". Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  5. Ripley, Amanda. "Federal Law Enforcement Has a Woman Problem". Politico. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  6. Amanda Ripley Author Page. The Atlantic
  7. "Hardcover Nonfiction Books, Bestsellers". New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  8. Ripley, Amanda. "High Conflict". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  9. Ripley, Amanda. "Latest Articles". Official Website. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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