Michael Blanding

Michael Blanding is a Boston-based investigative journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Wired, Slate, Boston Globe Magazine, Boston magazine, and other publications. He is author of >The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps, which was named an NPR Best Book of the Year; and The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink. A former journalism fellow at Brandeis University and Harvard Law School, he has taught feature writing at Tufts University, Emerson College, and GrubStreet Writers.