Peter Hessler
Peter Hessler is a writer and journalist, and staff writer at The New Yorker. He lived in China from 1996 to 2007, and then again from 2019 to 2021. He is the author of River Town (2001), winner of the Kiriyama Book Prize; Oracle Bones (2007), finalist for the National Book Award; Country Driving (2011); and
Peter Hessler is a writer and journalist, and staff writer at The New Yorker. He lived in China from 1996 to 2007, and then again from 2019 to 2021. He is the author of River Town (2001), winner of the Kiriyama Book Prize; Oracle Bones (2007), finalist for the National Book Award; Country Driving (2011); and Strange Stones (2013). He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting, and he was a MacArthur fellow in 2011. His most recent book is Other Rivers (2024).