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George Packer

Packer's profile on The New Yorker contributors' page
George Packer's most recent book, The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, analyzes the events that led to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and reports on subsequent developments in that country, largely based on interviews with ordinary Iraqis.
The New Yorker since May 2003. In addition to his coverage of Iraq, he has written on Sierra Leone, civil unrest in the Ivory Coast, and the Al-Jazeera satellite news channel. Packer was awarded two Overseas Press Club awards for his work in 2003, one for his Iraq coverage and the other for his reporting on the civil war in Sierra Leone.

Packer, a 2001-2002 Guggenheim Fellow, has also written for The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, and other publications. He has taught writing at Harvard, Sarah Lawrence, Bennington, and Columbia. Packer is also the author of The Village of Waiting about his experience in Africa. His book “Blood of the Liberals won the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He has also written two novels, The Half Man and Central Square.

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