Jonathan Weiner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jonathan Weiner

American nonfiction writer

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1953

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: author, university teacher, journalist, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jonathan Weiner (born 1953, in New York City) is a writer of non-fiction books on his biology observations, in particular evolution in the Galápagos Islands, genetics, and the environment. His latest book is "Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality" (Ecco Press, July 2010) a look at the scientific search for the Fountain of Youth. He won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the 1994 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science for his book The Beak of the Finch.
In 1999 he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize in 2000 for his book Time, Love, Memory about Seymour Benzer.