


Her 2018 book, Dopesick, was shortlisted for the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. In 2010, she was awarded the Nieman Fellowship for Journalism by Harvard University. She writes essays and op-eds for The New York Times as well as magazines, radio and online journals. Macy was a reporter for The Roanoke Times from 1989 to 2014. She earned a master's degree in creative writing from Hollins University in 1993. She was the first in her family to attend college, receiving a bachelor's degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University in 1986.

The daughter of a factory worker, Sarah Macy Slack, and a housepainter father, Macy grew up in Urbana, Ohio. She is the author of four published books, including national bestsellers Factory Man (2014) and Dope Sick (2018). 1964) is an American journalist and non-fiction writer. Anthony Lukas Prize for Works in Progress (Factory Man), Finalist - Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction (Factory Man, Dopesick)īeth Macy (born c.
