Sometimes a story is too good to be limited to a single article. Both longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award, Ernest Scheyder (War Below) and Rebecca Boyle (Our Moon) discuss the their work and reporting and how sometimes a good idea can grow into a great book.
Based in Colorado Springs, Colo., Rebecca is a contributing editor at
Scientific American, a contributing writer at
Quanta Magazine and
The Atlantic, and a columnist at
Atlas Obscura. She is a frequent contributor to the
New York Times, Smithsonian Air & Space, and
Popular Science. Her work has appeared in
Wired, MIT Technology Review, Nature, Science, Popular Mechanics, New Scientist, Audubon, Distillations, and many other publications.
Rebecca’s work has been anthologized multiple times in the
Best American Science and Nature Writing series, and she is the recipient of multiple writing awards throughout her career. As a daily newspaper reporter, Rebecca interviewed presidents and presidential candidates, state and local lawmakers, and covered major criminal court cases. Rebecca got her start in a small newsroom, but attending Space Camp in 6th grade is really what set the course of her career.
Ernest Scheyder is a senior correspondent for Reuters. "The War Below," was also longlisted for the Financial Times/Schroders Business Book of the Year and earned praise from The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and Science. Scheyder has covered the U.S. shale oil revolution, politics and the environment. He is a graduate of Columbia School of Journalism.
