Carla Power is an American author.

Early life and education

As a child Power lived in

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, whic ...

and also in Iran, India, Afghanistan, Egypt and Italy as her family moved around. She studied at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

, then gained an M.Phil. in modern Middle Eastern studies from

St Antony's College, Oxford St Antony's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1950 as the result of the gift of French merchant Sir Antonin Besse of Aden, St Antony's specialises in international relations, economics ...

and a degree from the

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism s ...

Career

Her book ''If the Oceans Were Ink'' was a

2016 Pulitzer Prize The 2016 Pulitzer Prizes The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Jos ...

general nonfiction finalist. Her book ''Home, Land, Security'' was a

2022 Pulitzer Prize The 2022 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2021 calendar year on May 9, 2022. The awards highlighted coverage of major stories in the U.S. that year, including the January 6 United States Capitol atta ...

finalist.

Books

*''If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran'' (2015) *''Home, Land, Security: Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism'' (2021)

References

External links

Official website
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