Carla Power is an American author.
Early life and education
As a child Power lived in
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...
and also in Iran, India, Afghanistan, Egypt and Italy as her family moved around. She studied at
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
, then gained an M.Phil. in modern Middle Eastern studies from
St Antony's College, Oxford
St Antony's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1950 as the result of the gift of French merchant Sir Antonin Besse of Aden, St Antony's specialises in international relations, economic ...
and a degree from the
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City.
Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism s ...
.
Career
Her book ''If the Oceans Were Ink'' was a
2016 Pulitzer Prize general nonfiction finalist.
Her book ''Home, Land, Security'' was a
2022 Pulitzer Prize
The 2022 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work during the 2021 calendar year on May 9, 2022. The awards highlighted coverage of major stories in the U.S. that year, including the January 6 United States Capitol atta ...
finalist.
Books
*''If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran'' (2015)
*''Home, Land, Security: Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism'' (2021)
References
External links
Official website
21st-century American women writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American women non-fiction writers
Yale University alumni
Alumni of St Antony's College, Oxford
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
21st-century American non-fiction writers
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