Elizabeth Kolbert

Backgrounder: Elizabeth Kolbert

Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1999. Her most recent book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe, is based on a series of stories she wrote for the magazine about global warming.

Lecture: Elizabeth Kolbert

Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer for _The New Yorker_ since 1999. Her most recent book, _Field Notes from a Catastrophe_, is based on a series of stories she wrote for the magazine about global warming.