Daniel Stone (author)
Daniel Stone | |
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 Daniel Stone at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum in 2023. | |
| Occupation | Journalist, historian, author |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Davis Johns Hopkins University |
Daniel Stone is an American historian and author of adventure and science books. He was a senior editor for National Geographic and a White House correspondent for Newsweek. His books include The Food Explorer (2018), Sinkable (2022), and American Poison (2025). In 2024 he was named the Arthur Molella Distinguished Fellow by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
Career
[edit]In 2007, Stone was as a production writer for America's Most Wanted. He later wrote for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, covering energy and environmental policy, and was Newsweek's White House correspondent from 2009 to 2012.[1][2] From 2012 to 2021, he was a senior editor for National Geographic Magazine.[3][4]
In 2018, Stone published his first book, The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats, about botanist and plant explorer David Fairchild.[5][6][7] His second book, Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic, was published in 2022.[4][8][9] In 2025, he published American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental Justice about Alice Hamilton and her dispute with Ethyl Corporation over leaded gasoline and it’s inventor Thomas Midgley.[10][11][12]
Stone is a lecturer in environmental science at Johns Hopkins University.[13][14] In 2024, he was named a Distinguished Fellow with the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.[15][16]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Daniel Stone". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ "Daniel Stone". The Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ "Daniel Stone". National Geographic Expeditions. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- 1 2 "Author Talk with Daniel Stone of Sinkable | Rutgers University Foundation". rutgersfoundation.org. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ Stone, Daniel (2018). The food explorer: the true adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed what America eats. New York, New York: Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-1-101-99058-2.
- ↑ "The American Horticultural Society names its top gardening books". Reading Eagle. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ "Daniel Stone: 2019 National Book Festival". The Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2025-05-24. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ Stone, Daniel. "Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic". Next Big Idea Club. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ Stone, Daniel. "The Incredible Story of the Iceberg That Sank the Titanic". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ Published, Greg Rienzi / (2025-06-26). "A Conversation with author Daniel Stone". The Hub. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ https://www.c-span.org/program/american-history-tv/american-poison-a-deadly-invention-and-the-woman-who-battled-for-environmental-justice/656112
- ↑ Wunsch, A. David (December 2025). "American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental Justice—Daniel Stone (New York, NY, USA: Dutton Publishers, 2025, 351 pp.)". IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. 44 (4): 47–49. doi:10.1109/MTS.2025.3625687. ISSN 1937-416X.
- ↑ Zissu, Alexandra (2025-05-27). "American Poison Author Daniel Stone Interview". Moms Clean Air Force. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ "Daniel Stone". Johns Hopkins Advanced Academic Programs. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ "Daniel Stone Named 2024-2025 Arthur Molella Distinguished Fellow | Lemelson". invention.si.edu. Retrieved 2026-06-23.
- ↑ "Daniel Stone". Atlanta History Center. Retrieved 2026-06-23.