George Packer is an American journalist born in 1960.
He is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of The
Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, which won several awards and was named
by The New York Times as one of the ten best books of 2005. He has
published two other works of non-fiction and two novels. His articles,
essays, and reviews on foreign affairs, American politics, and
literature have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper's,
Dissent, and other publications.
He lives in Brooklyn.
An excerpt from Betrayed, a play based on his reporting in Iraq, was published in PEN America 9: Checkpoints.
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