Eli Eric Saslow (born May 15, 1982) is an American

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, currently a writer-at-large for ''

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''. He has also written for ''

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'' and ''

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''. He is a 2014 and a 2023 winner of the

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, a recipient of the

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and other honors. He was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing in 2013, 2016 and 2017. He is a

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screenwriter, and the co-writer for '' Four Good Days'', which stars Mila Kunis and Glenn Close and was nominated for an Academy Award. He has published three books, including the best-selling ''Rising Out of Hatred'', which won the 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

Education

He attended Heritage High School, in

Littleton, Colorado Littleton is a home rule municipality city located in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties, Colorado, United States. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Stati ...

, graduating in 2000, and is a 2004 graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at

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Work

Saslow's 2018 book ''Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist'' was the winner of the 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction. He is the author of ''Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their President'' (Random House, 2012), and four of his works have appeared in the anthology '' The Best American Sports Writing''.

Personal life

Saslow is married and lives in

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. He has three children.

Books

*Voices from the Pandemic: Americans Tell Their Stories of Crisis, Courage and Resilience *. *.

References

External links

"Pulitzer winner dug beyond politics to explore impact of food stamps on American families"
appearance on ''

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