My scholar-writer editorial “clients” rock. As of August 2021 five of the manuscripts that I’ve had the privilege to work on have won the major book prizes in their disciplines. Congratulations to all!
Among other honors and awards, The Gunning of America was named a best book of 2016 by the Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, San Francisco Chronicle, and Choice. Gunning and Marriage Confidential both received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly. Haag won the Sidney Award in 2011 for “Death by Treacle,” published in the American Scholar, and honorable mention in Best American Essays. Click here for other honors and a full biography.

Pamela Haag
is an award-winning nonfiction writer, essayist, cultural commentator, and historian. She has a Ph.D. in history from Yale University, and a B.A. from Swarthmore College, where she graduated with Highest Honors. She also holds an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction from Goucher College. Haag has written on an unusually eclectic range of topics in her books, essays, columns, and opinions. She consistently seeks to challenge clichés and cant, and to provide fresh perspectives on familiar and entrenched themes in American culture.