The New Yorker

Burkhard Bilger published his first piece in The New Yorker in 2000 and became a staff writer the following year. His work has been anthologized three times in “Best American Science and Nature Writing,” twice in “Best American Sports Writing,” and once each in “Best Food Writing,” “Best Technology Writing,” and “Best American Science Writing.” Bilger was a senior editor at Discover from 1999 to 2005. Before that, he worked as a writer and a deputy editor for The Sciences, where his work helped earn two National Magazine Awards and six nominations. In 2000, he published “Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts,” which was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award. Bilger is a Branford Fellow at Yale University.