Neil Swidey

Neil Swidey is the author of Trapped Under the Sea , a #1 Boston Globe bestseller that was named one of the best books of 2014 by Booklist . He is also the author of The Assist , named one of the best books of 2008 by the Washington Post , and a co-author of the New York Times bestselling Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy. A staff writer for The Boston Globe Magazine , Swidey also teaches journalism at Brandeis University and has been a contributing analyst for NBC News. His work has...See more

Neil Swidey is the author of Trapped Under the Sea , a #1 Boston Globe bestseller that was named one of the best books of 2014 by Booklist . He is also the author of The Assist , named one of the best books of 2008 by the Washington Post , and a co-author of the New York Times bestselling Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy. A staff writer for The Boston Globe Magazine , Swidey also teaches journalism at Brandeis University and has been a contributing analyst for NBC News. His work has been featured in The Best American Science Writing , The Best American Crime Writing, and The Best American Political Writing . He is a seven-time winner of the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society for Professional Journalists and has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award. He lives outside Boston with his wife and three daughters. As an outgrowth of his first book, he founded the Alray Scholars Program, a mentoring and scholarship nonprofit that helps give inner-city students a second chance at college. See less