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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction

Winner of the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism

Winner of the National Academies Science Book Award

Winner of the SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award

Now a New York Times bestseller

 

Read the Times’ rave review of Toms River. And check out the paperback edition, featuring a new afterword by Dan.

 

The story of a small town engulfed by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, deep historical research and unforgettable characters into a sweeping narrative in the tradition of A Civil Action, The Emperor of All Maladies, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

 

Watch and hear Dan’s talks and media appearances, and see where he’ll be next.

NEWS AND RECENT ARTICLES

Crises in journalism and the environment
Nov. 6 2017: Samford University

Delivering the J. Roderick Davis Lecture to a crowd of more than 500 at Samford University in Alabama, Dan described urgent, and related, crises in journalism and the Earth’s environment.

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Science Storytelling in a Dark Time
Aug. 18, 2017: National Observer

In an interview with the National Observer of Canada, Dan talks about the promise and perils facing science journalism in an age of science denial.

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Bastions of Reality
May 22, 2017; New York Public Library

Dan talks about journalism, libraries and the 30th anniversary of the New York Public Library’s Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism.

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“Storytelling is Still Powerful”
Feb. 3, 2017: Story in the Public Square

Dan talks about denialism, Toms River and the future of science journalism on public broadcasting’s “Story in the Public Square”.

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A Mine vs. a Million Monarchs
April 29, 2016: New York Times

Should a huge mine reopen in the middle of the world’s most important monarch butterfly reserve? In an op-ed in the New York Times, Dan explores the dilemma facing the luckless, poverty-stricken Mexican town of Angangueo. It’s part of the research for his next book.

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