Nonfiction Presenters

More presenters will be added in the weeks to come.
The detailed session schedule will be available in late August.

 

Nonfiction Presenters

 
 

Daniel Barbarisi

Daniel Barbarisi is a veteran journalist and author. He spent over 15 years in newspaper journalism at the Boston Globe, Providence Journal, and Wall Street Journal covering crime, politics, news, and ultimately sports before moving to The Athletic, where he is currently a senior editor.  His first book, Dueling with Kings, chronicled the rise of the Daily Fantasy Sports industry, and his latest, Chasing the Thrill, takes readers inside Forrest Fenn's famously controversial treasure hunt. The native of Rye Brook, NY holds a bachelor's degree from Tufts University and a master's degree from Brown University. He lives with his wife, Amalie Benjamin, and their two sons outside Boston. 

www.danielbarbarisi.com
 

Jerry Dennis

Jerry Dennis’s many books, including The Living Great Lakes, The Windward Shore, A Place on the Water, and, most recently, Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons, have been widely acclaim, have appeared on national bestseller lists, and have been translated into seven languages. Among his honors are the Michigan Author of the Year Award, the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, and the Great Lakes Culture Award from Michigan State University. He lives near Traverse City, in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

www.jerrydennis.net
 

Chris Dombrowski

Chris Dombrowski is the author of The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water. He is also the author of Body of Water: A Sage, A Seeker, and the World’s Most Elusive Fish, and of three acclaimed collections of poems. Currently the Assistant Director of the Creative Writing program at the University of Montana, he lives with his family in Missoula.

www.cdombrowski.com
 

Benjamin Gilmer, M.D.

Benjamin Gilmer, M.D., is a family medicine physician in Fletcher, North Carolina. He is an Albert Schweitzer Fellow for Life and associate professor in the department of family medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill and at the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC). A former neurobiologist turned rural family doctor, Dr. Gilmer has lectured widely about medical ethics, rural health, and the intersection of medicine and criminal justice reform. He is a passionate teacher of medical education and leads MAHEC’s Rural Health Initiative, a program to inspire and train students to pursue rural medicine. The Other Dr. Gilmer is his first book, resulting from a true story he told on This American Life in 2013 with Sarah Koenig. The story has inspired Benjamin to be an advocate for prison reform. He lives with his wife, Deirdre; their two children, Kai and Luya; and their dog, Prince Peanut Butter, in Asheville, North Carolina.

www.benjamingilmer.com
 

Chloé Cooper Jones

Chloé Cooper Jones is a philosophy professor and freelance journalist who was a finalist for a 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing. Her work has appeared in publications including GQ, The Verge, VICE, Bookforum, New York Magazine, and The Believer, and has been selected for both The Best American Travel Writing and The Best American Sports Writing. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. 

Photo Credit: Andrew Grossardt

www.chloecooperjones.com
 

Candice Millard

Candice Millard is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic. Her book Hero of the Empire was named Amazon’s number one history book of 2016. She lives in Kansas City with her husband and three children.  

Photo Credit: Paul Versluis

www.candicemillard.com
 

Andrew Nagorski

Andrew Nagorski served as Newsweek’s bureau chief in Hong Kong, Moscow, Rome, Bonn, Warsaw, and Berlin. He is the author of seven previous critically acclaimed books, including Hitlerland and The Nazi Hunters. He has also written for countless publications. 

Photo Credit: Milo Davis Photography

www.AndrewNagorski.com
 

Kathryn Schulz

Kathryn Schulz is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of Being Wrong. She won a National Magazine Award and a Pulitzer Prize for “The Really Big One,” her article about seismic risk in the Pacific Northwest. Lost & Found grew out of “Losing Streak,” a New Yorker story that was anthologized in The Best American Essays. Her work has also appeared in The Best American Science and Nature Writing, The Best American Travel Writing, and The Best American Food Writing. A native of Ohio, she lives with her family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

www.kathrynschulz.com