Katherine Eban (born 1966/1967) is an American investigative journalist and author. Her work has focused on public health and homeland security issues. She is a contributor at Fortune magazine and Vanity Fair and writes for a variety of other national magazines.[2][3][4][5]
Katherine Eban | |
|---|---|
| Born | Katherine Eban Finkelstein 1966 or 1967 (age 57–58)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
| Spouse | B. Kenneth Levenson II |
| Parent(s) | Elinor Fuchs Michael O. Finkelstein |
Biography
editEban is the daughter of Elinor (née Fuchs) and Michael O. Finkelstein.[1] Her father is a corporate lawyer and her mother a professor at the Yale School of Drama.[1] She holds degrees from Brown University, University of East Anglia, and an MPhil in English Literature from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She is an Andrew Carnegie fellow.[3]
Eban has written two books. Dangerous Doses: How Counterfeiters are Contaminating America's Drug Supply was one of the best books of 2005 according to Kirkus Reviews. In 2019, she published Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom.[6] She has received grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support her books.[7] Bottle of Lies won the Cornelius Ryan Award from the Overseas Press Club of America.[8]
The 2019 film The Report is partly inspired by Eban's "Rorschach and Awe" article in Vanity Fair.[9][10]
In 2002, she married B. Kenneth Levenson II in a Jewish ceremony at the Angel Orensanz Center in Manhattan.[1]
Bibliography
editBooks
edit- Dangerous Doses: How Counterfeiters Are Contaminating America's Drug Supply. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt. 2005.
- Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom. New York: Ecco. 2019.
Essays and reporting
edit- Eban, Katherine (July–August 2021). "Viral inflection". Vanity Fair. Vol. 730. Additional reporting by Lili Pike; research assistance from Stan Friedman. pp. 92–97, 126–131.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Weddings: Katherine Finkelstein, B. Kenneth Levenson II". The New York Times. April 21, 2002.
The bride, 35, will be known as Katherine Eban.
- ^ "Katherine Eban". TEDMED. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Katherine Eban Profile". The Rhodes Project. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ "Sundance Author Series – Katherine Eban". Sundance Mountain Resort. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ Eban, Katherine (April 24, 2020). ""Really Want to Flood NY and NJ": Internal Documents Reveal Team Trump's Chloroquine Master Plan". Vanity Fair. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- ^ "Biography of Katherine Eban for Appearances, Speaking Engagements". www.allamericanspeakers.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ "Katherine Eban Finkelstein". sloan.org. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ "14 The Cornelius Ryan Award 2019". opcofamerica.org. April 22, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ Eban, Katherine (July 17, 2007). "Rorschach and Awe". Vanity Fair. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ Olsen, Mark (January 29, 2019). "Sundance drama 'The Report' dramatizes Senate battle over post-9/11 torture". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 25, 2020.