David Chrisinger is currently writing a book about famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle for Penguin Press tentatively titled The Unhappy Warrior: Ernie Pyle and the Second World War. Included below are entries from his travels in the footsteps of Pyle.
In addition to writing about war and trauma, David directs the writing program at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy, where he teaches storytelling and political communication strategies to the next generation of public policy professionals. He is also a Contributing Writer for the New York Times Magazine’s At War Column and teaches memoir writing for The War Horse News, the only non-profit newsroom dedicated to covering post-9/11 military and veteran issues.
