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Joby Warrick

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Joby Warrick

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1960-08-04 (Goldsboro, North Carolina)
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Goldsboro, North Carolina → Washington, D.C.

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Reporter
Active Years
1982-2024
Affiliations
The Washington Post, The News & Observer
Influenced By
Bob Woodward

Education

Temple University
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1982
Country: United States

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
1996
Work: series on the environmental and health risks of waste disposal systems used in North Carolina's growing hog industry
Organization: Pulitzer Prize Board
Result: Winner (named contributor)
Bob Considine Award
2003
Work: articles about proliferation threats
Organization: Overseas Press Club of America
Result: Winner
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
2016
Work: Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
Organization: Pulitzer Prize Board
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS

2015 Nonfiction

Recounts the characters and events behind the emergence of the Islamic State.

TerrorismMiddle East Politics

The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA

2011 Nonfiction

Narrative culminating in the December 30, 2009, Camp Chapman attack in Afghanistan.

IntelligenceTerrorism

Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World

2021 Nonfiction

Narrative account of Syria's chemical-weapons crisis and the effort to remove the country's chemical weapons arsenal.

Chemical WeaponsSyrian Civil War

Bibliography

  • The Triple Agent
  • Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
  • Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World

Legacy

American journalist specializing in the Middle East, diplomacy, and national security, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes.

Trivia

  • Alumnus of Temple University.
  • Lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife Maryanne Jordan Warrick and two children.