George Nichols Packer

George Packer is an American journalist, novelist, and nonfiction writer whose work has appeared in major magazines including The New Yorker. He is especially known for long-form reporting and books that connect individual lives to larger political and cultural shifts.

His nonfiction includes The Assassins' Gate, about the Iraq War, The Unwinding, which won the National Book Award, and Last Best Hope, a book about the crisis of American democracy. He has also written fiction and has been recognized for clear, deeply reported writing that brings historical events down to a human scale.

Across his work, he often focuses on power, inequality, war, and the changing idea of America. His writing is valued for being thoughtful and accessible while still taking on complicated public questions.