Important, necessary, urgent and phenomenally interesting
Helen Macdonald, New York Times, on Under a White Sky
A meticulously researched and deftly crafted work of journalism that explores some of the biggest challenges of our age
Guardian, on Under a White Sky
A wonderful book
Barack Obama, on The Sixth Extinction
A terrific look at humanity's impact on the Earth
Bill Gates, on The Sixth Extinction
About Elizabeth Kolbert
Elizabeth Kolbert is a prize-winning journalist, author and visiting fellow at Williams College, Massachusetts. She is the author of The Sixth Extinction, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize, Field Notes from a Catastrophe, Under a White Sky and H is for Hope. She has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1999 and has been awarded the Blake-Dodd Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with her husband and children.