10 Facts About Kathryn Schulz

Kathryn Schulz is a staff writer at The New Yorker.

Kathryn Schulz's sister is the MIT cognitive scientist Laura Schulz.

Kathryn Schulz then attended Brown University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in history in 1996.

In 2015, Kathryn Schulz became a staff writer for The New Yorker, where she has written about everything from the legacy of an early Muslim immigrant in Wyoming to the radical life of civil rights activist Pauli Murray to Henry David Thoreau's Walden to brown marmorated stinkbugs.

Kathryn Schulz is the author of the book Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error.

Kathryn Schulz was a 2004 recipient of the Pew Fellowship in International Journalism, and has reported from throughout Central and South America, Japan and the Middle East.

In 2016, Kathryn Schulz won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Magazine Award for "The Really Big One," an article about seismic risk in the Pacific Northwest.

Kathryn Schulz was a finalist for the 2017 National Magazine Award for "When Things Go Missing," an essay about loss and the death of her father.

Kathryn Schulz's book is a funny and philosophical meditation on why error is mostly a humane, courageous and extremely desirable human trait.

Kathryn Schulz's writing has appeared in The Best American Essays, The Best American Travel Writing, The Best American Food Writing, and The Best American Science Writing.