About Rachel Hartigan Books
RACHEL HARTIGAN has written about everything from the genetics of persimmon trees to the long road to women's suffrage for National Geographic, where she worked as a writer, reporter, and editor from 2012 to 2024. A former editor of the Washington Post's Book World, she also covered education and culture for U.S. News & World Report. Her stories about the 2017 and 2019 National Geographic-funded expeditions to Nikumaroro Island each generated more than a million unique views.
