Elissa Nadworny

Journalist and storyteller

New York City, USA

About Elissa

Elissa Nadworny is a journalist and storyteller who covers social justice and human rights issues. She is a correspondent for NPR's Morning Edition and has reported from around the world on topics such as immigration, poverty, and conflict. Nadworny has won several awards for her reporting, including a Peabody Award and a George Foster Peabody Award.

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NPR's Book of the Day

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What to read this summer, according to our NPR colleagues

NPR's Book of the Day•Jul 3, 2026•7:22•host

In 'The Jellyfish Problem,' an introverted scientist is called in to help an island

NPR's Book of the Day•Jun 24, 2026•6:20•host

Elissa Nadworny

About Elissa

Associated Podcasts

NPR's Book of the Day

Connect

Recent Appearances

What to read this summer, according to our NPR colleagues

In 'The Jellyfish Problem,' an introverted scientist is called in to help an island

Key Topics

Two romance books give opposite takes on love, relationships and the absence of both

In 'Mother Tongue,' author Sara Nović examines deaf history, and writes her own

Two new books about writing break down the creative process

'A Perfect Hand' is a romp through 19th-century England, with a suffragist twist

'No Place to Bury the Dead', 'The Hunter' ask what lengths you'll go for others

GennaRose Nethercott's short stories expose the monstrosity of human longing

Steve Martin, Harry Bliss and Nick Hornby take different approaches to working hard

Authors Peng Shepard and Anne Tyler show that family is...complicated

Olympic diver Tom Daley explains his love for knitting in 'Made With Love'

Four strangers, a murder, and a cozy winter library in Sulari Gentill's new novel

Authors Peng Shepherd and Anne Tyler show that family is...complicated

Author Tessa Hadley writes a juicy tale of the bourgeois in 'Free Love'

Language is power in 'Beasts of a Little Land'