21st-century american non-fiction writers

Elie Wiesel

Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor

Paul Theroux

American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue, The Great Railway Bazaar . Some of his works of fiction have been adapted as feature films

Ruth Reichl

American chef, food writer, co-producer of PBS’s Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie, culinary editor for the Modern Library, host of PBS’s Gourmet’s Adventures With Ruth, and the last editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine