Elizabeth Weil

Elizabeth Weil is an American journalist and nonfiction writer. Weil wrote for the New York Times for nearly 20 years, during which she also wrote freelance for a number of other magazines. She has also written two nonfiction books and co-authored two nonfiction books. Her journalism has received many accolades, including a New York Press Club and GLAAD awards. 

Her biography The Girl Who Smiled Beads has received such accolades as the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Nonfiction. From March 2020 until December 2021, Weil wrote for ProPublica. She is now a feature writer for New York Magazine. Weil teaches part-time at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Weil graduated from Yale University. She lived in New York for many years while she wrote for the New York Times. At present, she lives in San Francisco, California, with her husband (Daniel Duane), with whom she shares two daughters. Their daughter Hannah Duane is also a writer published in HuffPost and a graduate of Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts.