Megan Kate Nelson

Born and raised in Colorado, Megan Kate Nelson is a writer and historian now based in Boston, Massachusetts. She has written about US western history, the Civil War, and American culture for The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Atlantic , Slate , Time , and Smithsonian Magazine . Nelson earned her BA in history and literature from Harvard University and her PhD in American studies from the University of Iowa. She is the author of Saving Yellowstone ; The Three-Cornered War , a...See more

Born and raised in Colorado, Megan Kate Nelson is a writer and historian now based in Boston, Massachusetts. She has written about US western history, the Civil War, and American culture for The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Atlantic , Slate , Time , and Smithsonian Magazine . Nelson earned her BA in history and literature from Harvard University and her PhD in American studies from the University of Iowa. She is the author of Saving Yellowstone ; The Three-Cornered War , a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Ruin Nation ; and Trembling Earth . See less