Linda Kinstler
Linda Kinstler
Linda Kinstler is a writer and scholar based in Washington, D.C. Her reporting and criticism on issues of memory politics, technology, law, and history can be found in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, The Guardian and elsewhere. Her debut work of nonfiction, Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends, is an investigation into denialism, historical revisionism, and judicial overreach in Eastern Europe. The book was shortlisted for the 2023 Wingate Prize and won a 2023 Whiting Award for nonfiction; Kinstler has also been a finalist for the Kukula Award for non-fiction reviewing. Her longform reporting has been cited by the International Court of Justice and has inspired documentaries. She is the executive editor of The Dial and a contributing writer at Jewish Currents and 1843 Magazine, and is currently completing a Ph.D. in rhetoric at U.C. Berkeley. Her research and writing have been supported by the Association of Marshall Scholarships, the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, The Institute for Citizens and Scholars, the Whiting Foundation, and more.