Rowan Jacobsen
Rowan Jacobsen is an American author and journalist. He is known for his writings on nature, science, sustainability, and the organoleptic experience. Biography. Jacobsen is the author of seven books. His eighth, "Truffle Hound", is scheduled to be released in October 2021. His writing has appeared in "The New York Times", "Newsweek", "Harper's Magazine", "Outside", "Orion, Eating Well," "Forbes", "Popular Science", "Mother Jones", "Vice", "Lucky Peach, Food & Wine, Smithsonian, Scientific American, Audubon, Yankee, and elsewhere". His work is regularly anthologized in The "Best American Science & Nature Writing" and "Best Food Writing" collections. He has been an Alicia  Patterson Foundation fellow, writing about endangered diversity on the borderlands between India, Myanmar, and China; a McGraw Center for Business Journalism Fellow, writing about the disruptive potential of plant-based proteins; and a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT, focusing on the environmental and evolutionary impact of synthetic biology. He has performed with Pop-Up Magazine, lectured at Harvard and Yale, and appeared on CBS, NBC, and NPR. He lives in Vermont. Awards and honors. He has received James Beard Awards for his book "A Geography of Oysters" and his Eating Well piece, "Or Not to Bee." His "Outside Magazine  piece Heart of Dark Chocolate" received the Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers for best adventure story of the year. His "Harper's" piece "The Homeless Herd" was named best magazine piece of the year by the Overseas Press Club. "Apples of Uncommon Character" was named a Best Food Book of the Year by the "Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe," NPR, and others. "Fruitless Fall" received the 2009 Green Prize for Sustainable Literature.