Elizabeth Weil
{{short description|American journalist and nonfiction writer}}
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| nationality = American
| occupation = Novelist, journalist
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| notableworks = The Girl Who Smiled Beads
| spouse = Daniel Duane
| website = {{URL|https://www.elizabethweil.me}}
| alma_mater = Yale University
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}}Elizabeth Weil is an American journalist and nonfiction writer. Weil wrote for the New York Times for nearly 20 years, during which she also wrote freelance for a number of other magazines. She has also written two nonfiction books and co-authored two nonfiction books. Her journalism has received many accolades, including a New York Press Club Award and a GLAAD Award. Her biography The Girl Who Smiled Beads has received such accolades as the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Nonfiction. From March 2020 until December 2021, Weil wrote for ProPublica. She is now a features writer for New York Magazine.{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Weil and Roxana Hadadi Join New York Magazine|url=https://nymag.com/press/2021/11/elizabeth-weil-and-roxana-hadadi-join-new-york-magazine.html|access-date=2022-01-09|website=New York Magazine|date=22 November 2021 |language=en}} Weil teaches part-time at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Personal life
Weil graduated from Yale University. At present, she lives in San Francisco, California with her husband (Daniel Duane), with whom she shares two daughters.{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://www.elizabethweil.me/about|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Elizabeth Weil|language=en-US}} Their daughter Hannah Duane is also a writer who has been published in HuffPost{{Cite web |date=2018-03-27 |title=How Cutting My Hair Short Helped Me Own My Power As A Teenage Girl |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-cutting-my-hair-short-helped-me-own-my-power-as-a-teenage-girl_n_5ab135cce4b0eb3e2b30f381 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Brodesser-Akner |first=Taffy |date=27 March 2018 |title=My work daughter (that's a work wife's child designation, right, @lizweil?) Hannah Duane wrote this great story about her haircut. I am not always concerned about the next gen. |url=https://twitter.com/taffyakner/status/978689542080352257 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=Twitter |language=en}} and is a graduate of Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts.{{Cite web |title=class notes |url=https://issuu.com/sanfranciscofriendsschool/docs/among_friends_magazine_spring_2021/s/12766261 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=issuu |language=en}}
Career
= Magazines =
Weil worked at the New York Times for nearly 20 years and currently writes for ProPublica. She has also published work in Matter,{{Cite web|last1=Wamariya|first1=Clemantine|last2=Weil|first2=Elizabeth|date=2016-04-12|title=Everything is Yours, Everything is Not Yours|url=https://dartcenter.org/resources/everything-yours-everything-not-yours|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Dart Center|language=en}}The Atlantic,{{Cite web|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|date=2019-04-08|title=Kamala Harris Takes Her Shot|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/kamala-harris-2020-campaign/586033/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=The Atlantic|language=en}} Outside,{{Cite web|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|date=2017-11-21|title=Mikaela Shiffrin Does Not Have Time for a Beer|url=https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/snow-sports/dont-worry-about-it-and-youll-be-great-said-nobody/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Outside Online|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|date=2014-01-14|title=The American Stars of Ski Jumping|url=https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/snow-sports/american-stars-ski-jumping/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Outside Online|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|date=2011-12-12|title=Heavy Mettle|url=https://www.outsideonline.com/health/training-performance/heavy-mettle/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Outside Online|language=en-US}} The California Sunday Magazine,{{Cite web|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|date=2017-11-30|title=Raising a Teenage Daughter*|url=https://story.californiasunday.com/raising-a-teenage-daughter|access-date=2021-09-08|website=The California Sunday Magazine|language=en}} Wired,{{Cite magazine|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|date=March 2, 2017|title=The Curse of the Bahia Emerald, a Giant Green Rock That Wreaks Havoc and Ruins Lives|language=en-US|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2017/03/curse-bahia-emerald-giant-green-rock-wreaks-havoc-ruins-lives/|access-date=2021-09-08|issn=1059-1028}} Medium,{{Cite web|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|date=2015-03-11|title=What Really Happened to Baby Johan?|url=https://medium.com/matter/what-really-happened-to-baby-johan-88816c9c7ff5|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Medium|language=en}} Men's Journal,{{Cite web|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|date=2016-11-02|title=Is Bill Clinton Our New Model Husband?|url=https://www.mensjournal.com/features/is-bill-clinton-our-new-model-husband-w448002/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Men's Journal|language=en-US}} Vogue,{{Cite web|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|date=2011-01-04|title=Feeding Frenzy|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/feeding-frenzy|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Vogue|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|date=2014-11-28|title=Karlie Kloss Visits Sweden's Treehotel|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/karlie-kloss-treehotel-sweden|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Vogue|language=en-US}} Mother Jones,{{Cite web|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|title=Breeder Reaction|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/07/breeder-reaction/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US}} Pacific Standard,{{Cite web|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|title=Want to Swim Faster? Terry Laughlin Says Relax|url=https://psmag.com/social-justice/flow-state-65375|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Pacific Standard|date=14 June 2017 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|title=Robert Lustig and the War on Obesity|url=https://psmag.com/social-justice/robert-lustig-sugar-obesity-diet-50948|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Pacific Standard|date=14 June 2017 |language=en}} The New Republic,{{Cite magazine|last=Weil|first=Elizabeth|date=2013-09-03|title=American Schools Are Failing Nonconformist Kids. Here's How|magazine=The New Republic|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/114527/self-regulation-american-schools-are-failing-nonconformist-kids|access-date=2021-09-08|issn=0028-6583}} and others.
She has received a number of accolades:
- New York Press Club Award in Feature Reporting (2016){{Cite web|last=Caruso|first=Debra|date=2016|title=Consortium of Investigative Journalists Wins Gold Keyboard Award|url=https://www.nypressclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2016-jawards-winners-news-release.pdf|access-date=September 8, 2021|website=New York Press Club}}
- Lowell Thomas Award in travel writing{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Weil|url=https://pulitzercenter.org/people/elizabeth-weil|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Pulitzer Center|language=en}}
- GLAAD Award for coverage of LGBT issues
- National Magazine Award finalist
- James Beard Award in food writing{{Cite web|title=Awards Search {{!}} James Beard Foundation|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?year=2017&keyword=elizabeth+weil|access-date=2021-09-08|website=James Beard Foundation|language=en}}
- Dart Award for coverage of trauma (2016){{Cite web|last=Lopez-Mills|first=Dario|date=2016-04-12|title=2016 Dart Award Winners Announced|url=https://dartcenter.org/resources/2016-dart-award-winners-announced|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Dart Center|language=en}}
- Shorty Awards Journalism nominee{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Weil – The Shorty Awards|url=http://shortyawards.com/11th/lizweil|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Shorty Awards}}
Weil's work has also been anthologized in Best American Sports Writing, Best American Food Writing, and America's Next Generation of Great Women Journalists.
= Books =
== The Girl Who Smiled Beads ==
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After, written with Clemantine Wamariya, was published April 24, 2018 by Crown.
The book received the following accolades:
- Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Nonfiction Longlist (2019){{Cite web|last=Reference & User Services Association|date=2020-10-19|title=2019 Winners|url=https://www.ala.org/rusa/awards/carnegie-medals/2019-winners|access-date=2021-09-08|website=American Library Association|language=en}}
- Alex Award winner (2019){{Cite web|last=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|date=2020-01-27|title=2019 Alex Awards|url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2019-alex-awards|access-date=2021-09-08|website=American Library Association|language=en}}
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2018){{Cite web|title=The Girl Who Smiled Beads|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/57663457-the-girl-who-smiled-beads|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Goodreads}}
- New York Times Recommended Book (2018){{Cite web|last=Cowles|first=Gregory|date=May 24, 2018|title=8 New Books We Recommend This Week|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/books/review/8-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html|access-date=2021-09-08|website=New York Times}}
- Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2018{{Cite news|date=November 13, 2018|title=50 notable works of nonfiction in 2018|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/50-notable-works-of-nonfiction-in-2018/2018/11/13/0cbde49c-d3ce-11e8-83d6-291fcead2ab1_story.html|newspaper=Washington Post}}
- Glamour Best Book of 2018{{Cite web|title=The Girl Who Smiled Beads|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539103/the-girl-who-smiled-beads-by-clemantine-wamariya-and-elizabeth-weil/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Penguin Randomhouse|language=en-US}}
- Kirkus Reviews Best Biographies of 2018{{Cite web|title=Best Biographies of 2018|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/best-biographies-2018/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
- Real Simple Best Book of 2018
- New York Times Bestseller
== No Cheating, No Dying ==
No Cheating, No Dying: I Had a Good Marriage. Then I Tried To Make It Better. was published February 7, 2012 by Scribner.
== ''They All Laughed at Christopher Columbus'' ==
They All Laughed at Christopher Columbus: An Incurable Dreamer Builds the First Civilian Spaceship was initially published in 2002, then republished on October 6, 2010, by Randomhouse Publishing Group.