Michael
Paterniti

American essayist and non-fiction writer

Michael Paterniti is the author of the New York Times bestselling books, The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Cheese and Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain, which has been published in 20 countries. 

His writing has appeared in varied publications including The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Harper's, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and GQ, where he is a correspondent. In addition, he’s been a frequent contributor to the radio show This American Life, and his work has been heard on NPR, the BBC, and CBC. He’s the winner of an NEA grant and National Magazine Award. His forthcoming collection of essays, Love and Other Ways of Dying, will be published in winter of 2015. 


He lives in Portland, Maine, with his wife, the writer Sara Corbett, and their three children.
View CV
Download PDF

CV

Book

Writer 
10

Current Publishers
Learn More

The Telling Room captures the true essence of happiness – but what's more, it captures the fact that food is always central, always present in our memories, when we search for it. For those who doubt that food is our most vital social network, this book demonstrates it unequivocally.

Ferran Adrià, chef, El Bulli
on The Telling Room

News

Michael Paterniti longlisted for National Book Award
Read more
Six authors feature in USA Today’s 30 Hot Summer Reads
Read more