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Blaire Briody
BLAIRE BRIODY grew up in the small town of Mount Shasta, California. After graduating from University of California, Davis with a degree in international relations, she moved to New York City to pursue journalism. Since then, she has written for The New York Times, Popular Science, Popular... show more



BLAIRE BRIODY grew up in the small town of Mount Shasta, California. After graduating from University of California, Davis with a degree in international relations, she moved to New York City to pursue journalism. Since then, she has written for The New York Times, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Fast Company, and Glamour, among others. She has worked as a senior editor at The Fiscal Times and she received the Richard J. Margolis Award in 2014 for social justice reporting. She now resides in Sonoma County and teaches journalism at Santa Rosa Junior College. The New Wild West is her first book.

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Randal rated it 7 years ago
Briody's book documents the rise (and fall) of America's latest "gold rush", fracking. The newfound ability to unlock formerly unattainable (financially and technically) oil reserves. She does this through telling the story of the Bakken oil field in North Dakota. The perfect place to explore this n...
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