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20 Non-Fiction Writers Under 40

First Posted: 10/06/10 06:03 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:55 PM ET

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newhavenreview.com:

OK, so you may remember that a few months back a little magazine called The New Yorker decided to make a list of 20 top fiction writers under the age of 40. Another magazine -- something called "Granta" -- does similar lists from time to time. But why does nobody ever make such lists for non-fiction writers? Some would say that non-fiction is rather vital right now.

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c-tom
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01:19 PM on 10/07/2010
The problem making such a list is the width of non-fiction writing. There are hundreds of thousands of books and probably millions of non-fiction articles published each year. Who is the best writer under 40 in physics, biology, medicine, history, and on and on.
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KapyoChe
06:28 PM on 10/06/2010
I would have put Sonia Shah on this list.