Burkhard Bilger

Burkhard Bilger has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2001. His writing has been anthologized ten times in the Best American series and his work as an editor has helped earn two National Magazine Awards and six nominations. He has received fellowships from Yale University, MacDowell, and the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center. His first book, Noodling for Flatheads, was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Jennifer Nelson.