Alan Weisman

The World Without Us, which describes a post-human scenario of the planet and Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?, was short listed for a Los Angeles Times science and technology book prize.

Among his other works are Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World (1998), winner of the Social Inventions Award from the Global Ideas Bank, An Echo In My Blood (1999), La Frontera: The United States Border With Mexico and We, Immortals (1979).

His reports from around the world have appeared in Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, Orion, Audubon, Mother Jones, Discover, Condé Nast Traveler, Resurgence and several anthologies, including The Best American Science Writing 2006.

Weisman appeared as a guest on The Daily Show on August 21, 2007, and on Real Time with Bill Maher on March 14, 2014.

Weisman lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Beckie Kravetz, who is a sculptor and mask maker.