Peter Kujawinski is a New York Times-bestselling author, an award-winning travel and feature journalist, and formerly a U.S.  foreign service officer. His piece on protecting Indigenous elders in the Arctic won the 2021 Lowell Thomas Award for best multimedia single work.

 

With co-author Jake Halpern, he has written six young adult novels: Dormia (2009), World's End (2010), Shadow Tree (2013), the New York Times and Indiebound bestseller Nightfall (2015), and Edgeland (2017). Their latest book, A Tale of Plagues and Perfumes releases on January 13, 2026.

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He lives in Chicago with his family.