Justin Nobel

Justin Nobel writes about environmental science for a variety of magazines and literary journals. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Virginia Quarterly Review, Oxford American, Orion, Newsweek and Audubon. He writes a monthly science column for Longreads that takes a creative and probing approach in tackling topics such as environmental justice and industrial waste. Stories of his have been published in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014 and Best American Travel Writing 2011, and 2016. A book he co-wrote with a New Orleans death row exoneree, The Story of Dan Bright, was published in 2016 by University of New Orleans Press. Justin is based in New Orleans. Last updated July 2017