Eli Saslow

Eli Eric Saslow (born May 15, 1982) is an American journalist, currently a writer-at-large for The New York Times.^[2] He has also written for The Washington Post and ESPN The Magazine. He is a 2014 and a 2023 winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a recipient of the George Polk award and other honors. He was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing in 2013, 2016 and 2017.^[3] He is a Writers Guild of America screenwriter, and the co-writer for Four Good Days, which stars Mila Kunis and Glenn Close and was nominated for an Academy Award.^[4][5] He has published three books, including the best-selling Rising Out of Hatred, which won the 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.^[6]

Eli Saslow
Saslow at the 2018 Texas Book Festival
Born	(1982-05-15) May 15, 1982 (age 42) Littleton, Colorado, U.S.
Education	Syracuse University
Occupation	Sportscaster Screenwriter [1]
Years active	2004–present
Employer(s)	The Washington Post ESPN The Magazine
Awards	Pulitzer Prize (2014, 2023) George Polk award (2013, 2020) Dayton Literary Peace Prize (2019)

Education

He attended Heritage High School, in Littleton, Colorado, graduating in 2000,^[7][8] and is a 2004 graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11][12]

Personal life

Saslow is married and lives in Portland, Oregon. He has three children.^[13]

Books

• Voices from the Pandemic: Americans Tell Their Stories of Crisis, Courage and Resilience^[14]
• Saslow, Eli (2012). Ten Letters: the Stories Americans Tell Their President. New York: Anchor Books. ISBN 978-0307742551..
• Saslow, Eli (2018). Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist. New York: Penguin Random House. ISBN 9780385542869..

References

1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2021/05/24/mila-kunis-rodrigo-garca-eli-saslow-four-good-days/ ^{[bare URL]}
2. "Welcoming Eli Saslow to The Times". The New York Times. 27 December 2022. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
3. "2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
4. "Mila Kunis, Rodrigo García & Eli Saslow, "Four Good Days"". Washington Post. 2021-05-25. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
5. Four Good Days (2020) - Awards - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via www.imdb.com.
6. "2019 Awards – Dayton Literary Peace Prize". Retrieved 2023-07-28.
7. "Eli Saslow '00 Wins Pulitzer Prize". Colorado Academy. 15 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
8. "Graduate of Littleton's Heritage High wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize". Denver Post. May 6, 2014. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
9. "Q&A: Eli Saslow - Syracuse University Magazine". Archived from the original on 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
10. "Award Winners". Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
11. "Eli Saslow". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
12. Williams, Paige (10 June 2013). ""Why's this so good?" No. 78: Eli Saslow and "Into the Lonely Quiet"". Nieman Storyboard. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
13. "After the Storm". Tablet Magazine. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
14. Saslow, Eli (2021-09-28). Voices from the Pandemic: Americans Tell Their Stories of Crisis, Courage and Resilience. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-54700-0.

External links

• "Pulitzer winner dug beyond politics to explore impact of food stamps on American families", appearance on PBS NewsHour