GHOSTS OF THE ORPHANAGE: A STORY OF MYSTERIOUS DEATHS, A CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE, AND A SEARCH FOR JUSTICE is now available.
Find it here in the US: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Public Affairs Find it here in Australia: Amazon, Hachette Australia FOR ALL BOOK UPDATES PLEASE CHECK MY SUBSTACK: Unnatural History. US BOOK TOUR Wednesday, March 22nd 7pm, Phoenix Books, Burlington, VT Thursday, March 23rd 6.30pm, Gibson’s Bookstore, Concord, NH Friday, March 24th 6pm, Bookery Manchester, Manchester, NH Saturday, March 25th 6pm, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, VT Monday, March 27th 7pm, Books & Books virtual event, In conversation with James Carroll Tuesday, March 28th 7pm, Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA BIO Christine Kenneally is an award-winning journalist and author who has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Slate, Time, New Scientist, Scientific American, The Monthly, and other publications. Her recent book, The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures, was one of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014, winner of the Bragg UNSW Prize for Science Writing, shortlisted for the 2015 Stella Prize and the 2015 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, and appeared on many "best of" lists. Her first book, The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Before becoming a reporter, Kenneally received a Ph.D. in linguistics from Cambridge University and a B.A. (Hons) in English and Linguistics from Melbourne University. She was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and has lived in England, Iowa, and Brooklyn, New York. She was a senior contributor at BuzzFeed News for 4 years, working on an American orphanage story. Published in August 2018, the story was viewed more than six million times in six months. It won a Deadline Award and was a finalist for a National Magazine Award, a Michael Kelly Award and an Online Journalism Award. It was shortlisted for the Fetisov Prize. The book, ‘Ghosts of the Orphanage,’ expands the story told in the article. It's due out March 15, 2023, from Hachette, Australia, and March 21, 2023, from Public Affairs, NY. For all book news and other writing, please sign up for the Unnatural History newsletter at christinekenneally.substack.com/