George Packer (born August 13, 1960) is an American journalist, novelist, and playwright. He is best known for his writings about U.S. foreign policy for The New Yorker and The Atlantic and for his book …

George Packer is a staff writer at The Atlantic.

Nov 20, 2025 · Becoming a father and a quarter-century of journalism made me a better novelist. I learned how to pay attention. Writing for great editors at The New Yorker and The Atlantic gave me …

George Packer, a staff writer from 2003 to 2018, has covered the Iraq War for The New Yorker and has also written about the atrocities committed in Sierra Leone, civil unrest in the Ivory...

George Packer is an award-winning author and staff writer at The Atlantic.

Packer has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 2003. He is the author of The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, a New York Times bestseller, which won the 2013 National Book …

George Packer is a US journalist, award winning author, playwright and a staff writer at The Atlantic.

Nov 11, 2025 · George Packer’s bestselling nonfiction work exploring American life has won many prizes, including the National Book Award. With The Emergency, he turns to fiction, bringing us a …

George Packer is a staff writer at The Atlantic, and the author of many books, including The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America (winner of the National Book Award), The Assassins’ Gate, and …

GEORGE PACKER is a Pulitzer Prize–winning author and staff writer for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq; The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America; and …