Beth Macy

Beth Macy
BornUrbana, Ohio
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • Writer
Education
  • BS Journalism
  • MA Creative writing
Alma mater
Years active1989–present
Notable works
Notable awardsJ. Anthony Lukas Prize for Works in Progress (Factory Man), Finalist - Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction (Factory Man, Dopesick)
SpouseTom Landon
ChildrenMaxwell (1994), Sasha (1998)
Website
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Beth Macy (born c. 1964) is an American journalist and non-fiction writer. She is the author of four published books, including national bestsellers Factory Man (2014) and Dopesick (2018).[1][2][3]

Early life

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The daughter of a factory worker, Sarah Macy Slack, and a housepainter father, Macy grew up in Urbana, Ohio.[4][5] She was the first in her family to attend college, receiving a bachelor's degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University in 1986.[2] She earned a master's degree in creative writing from Hollins University in 1993.[6]

Career

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Macy was a reporter for The Roanoke Times from 1989 to 2014.[7] She writes essays and op-eds for The New York Times as well as magazines, radio and online journals. In 2010, she was awarded the Nieman Fellowship for Journalism by Harvard University.[8]

Her 2018 book, Dopesick, was shortlisted for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.[9]

Television adaptation

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In June 2020, Hulu gave a limited series order for a new original production consisting of eight episodes based on Macy's book, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America. The series was developed by Danny Strong with Michael Keaton starring.[10]

Awards

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In 2022, Macy and Danny Strong won the USC Scripter Award for an episodic series, for the Dopesick episode, "The people vs Purdue Pharma". During her acceptance speech, Macy talked about America's struggle with opioid addiction.[11]

Works

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  • Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local—and Helped Save an American Town (2014, Little Brown & Co., ISBN 9780316231435, OCLC 1003808101)[1]
  • Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South (2016, Little, Brown & Co., ISBN 9780316337540, OCLC 971462415)[12]
  • Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America (2018, Little, Brown & Co., ISBN 9780316551243, OCLC 1043454094)[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
  • Finding Tess: A Mother's Search for Answers in a Dopesick America (2019, Audible Original Audiobook, ASIN B07T2NSXHY)
  • Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis (2022, Little Brown & Co., ISBN 978-0316430227, OCLC 1288140355)

References

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  1. ^ a b Maslin, Janet (2014-07-02). "Thinking Locally, So Fighting Globally". The New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Beth Macy '86 : Storyteller". Bgsu.edu. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  3. ^ Ralph Berrier Jr. (5 July 2014). "An unlikely hero: Q&A with Beth Macy, author of "Factory Man"". Roanoke.com. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  4. ^ Macy, Beth. Factory Man. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 9780316231435.
  5. ^ "My Life & Work". Intreprid Paper Girl. April 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  6. ^ Discussion with the Author: Beth Macy, Roanoke.com, retrieved August 23, 2018
  7. ^ Petrouske, Rosalie Sanara (2017), "Before Leaving", And Here, Michigan State University Press, pp. 315–316, doi:10.14321/j.ctt1qv5n1h.80, ISBN 9781609175412
  8. ^ "Nieman Fellows: Class of 2010". Harvard University. 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
  9. ^ "ALA Unveils 2019 Carnegie Medals Shortlist". American Libraries. October 24, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  10. ^ "Dopesick (miniseries)", Wikipedia, 2022-06-20, retrieved 2022-06-21
  11. ^ "'The Lost Daughter' and 'Dopesick' Win USC Scripter Awards". Variety. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  12. ^ Maslin, Janet (2016-10-16). "Review: An Account of Black Albino Brothers in Beth Macy's 'Truevine'". The New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  13. ^ "The Worst Drug Crisis in American History". The New York Times. 2018-07-31. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  14. ^ ""Dopesick": Author reveals impact of painkillers on the opioid epidemic". CBS News. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  15. ^ "'Dopesick' is a page-turning look at the nation's opioid crisis and big Pharma". USA Today. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  16. ^ "'Dopesick' brings the opioid epidemic to heart-breaking life". The Christian Science Monitor. August 8, 2018. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  17. ^ "Shooting up". The Boston Globe. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  18. ^ "What One Journalist Learned From Researching The Causes Of The Opioid Epidemic". Npr.org. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  19. ^ "Beth Macy Talks About 'Dopesick'". The New York Times. 2018-08-05. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
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