Eric Schlosser — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Pulitzer Prize for History finalist (2014) for *Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety*
Author of *Fast Food Nation* (2001), an exposé on the fast food industry
Author of *Reefer Madness* (2003), discussing marijuana, migrant workers, and the pornography industry
Author of *Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety* (2013)
Recipient of the National Magazine Award for reporting (1994)
Recipient of the Sidney Hillman Foundation award (1995)
Graduated from Princeton University (1982) and Oriel College, Oxford

Biography

Eric Matthew Schlosser, born August 17, 1959, is an American journalist and author. He began his career as a journalist with The Atlantic Monthly, quickly gaining recognition for his investigative pieces. He won the National Magazine Award for reporting in 1994 for his two-part series "Reefer Madness" and "Marijuana and the Law," and the Sidney Hillman Foundation award in 1995 for his article "In the Strawberry Fields.