Elaine F. Weiss

Elaine Weiss is a journalist and narrative non-fiction author. Her magazine feature writing has been recognized with prizes from the Society of Professional Journalists, and her by-line has appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s, New York Times, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as reports and documentaries for National Public Radio and Voice of America. She has been a frequent correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor. Elaine is a proud MacDowell Colony Fellow. Her first book, Fruits of Victory:The Woman's Land Army in the Great War was excerpted in Smithsonian Magazine online and featured on C-Span and public radio stations nationwide. Her new book, The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, a narrative account of the dramatic climax of the woman's suffrage movement, will be published by Viking in March 2018. Elaine lives in Baltimore, Maryland. When not working at her desk, she can be found paddling her kayak on the Chesapeake Bay.