The Dissident
Paul Goldberg

Paul Goldberg is a journalist and author. He is the Editor & Publisher of The Cancer Letter, a weekly publication about cancer research and drug development. He is the author of 3 novels and 3 non-fiction books. 

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Paul Goldberg’s novel, The Dissident, will be published in June by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The Dissident is  shortlisted for the 2024 Wingate Literary Prize. He is the author of the novels The Yid, which was a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the National Jewish Book Award's Goldberg Prize for Debut Fiction, and The Château. As a reporter, Goldberg has written two books about the Soviet human rights movement, and co-authored (with Otis Brawley) the book How We Do Harm, an expose of the U.S. healthcare system. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Slate, The New York Times, Moment Magazine, and elsewhere. He is also the editor and publisher of The Cancer Letter, a publication focused on the business and politics of cancer. He lives in Washington, D.C.

 

Goldberg’s debut novel The Yid was published in 2016 to widespread acclaim and named a finalist for both the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the National Jewish Book Award’s Goldberg Prize for Debut Fiction. 

 

As a reporter, Goldberg has written two books about the Soviet human rights movement, and has co-authored (with Otis Brawley) the book How We Do Harm, an expose of the U.S. healthcare system.