BJ (Carleton), MA-Science (Columbia)
Karen Pinchin is a Kjipuktuk/Halifax-based science journalist specializing in complex, investigation-fuelled longform stories about food systems, environment, technology and culture. Her first book, Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas, was a national bestseller published in Canada, the US and the UK in July 2023. Starred by Kirkus, it was reviewed by The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and Civil Eats, and named one of The Globe and Mail’s 100 Best Books of the Year.
Previously, Karen edited and acquired non-fiction titles for New Brunswick’s Goose Lane Editions, where two of her books went on to become national bestsellers. She has won gold awards for her longform journalism at both the Atlantic Journalism Awards and the National Magazine Awards, was the 2019/2020 Tow Fellow at PBS FRONTLINE and won Columbia University’s Lynton Book Award in 2019. Her work has been supported by the Sloan Foundation and the Canada Council for the Arts, and she’s a regular contributor to Canadian Geographic, Hakai Magazine, and The Globe and Mail.
