Austin Wright is a former political journalist who now works in communications.
His debut novel, The Sheriff, co-written with Robert Dwyer, was published April 2021 by TwoDot/Rowman & Littlefield. NYT bestselling author Jeff Guinn said of the novel: "[It] has a chance to be judged one of those rare modern Western fiction classics. The authors somehow manage to be both traditional and surprising on every page."
Austin blogs about books at bestparagraph.com and writes freelance articles and essays. His work has appeared in POLITICO Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond Magazine, and other publications.
Austin blogs about books at bestparagraph.com and writes freelance articles and essays. His work has appeared in POLITICO Magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond Magazine, and other publications.
Austin previously spent six years at POLITICO, where he reported on Congress and the Pentagon. He covered then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter and was part of the press corps that accompanied Carter to Poland, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other places.
Austin’s reporting was recognized in 2016 with a Dateline Award from the Society of Professional Journalists (D.C. Chapter).
He is from Richmond, Va., and graduated with a B.A. in English from the College of William and Mary, where he was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Flat Hat.
He lives in Annandale, Va., with his wife, son, and daughter.
Austin can be reached at austinbwright _at_ gmail _dot_ com.
