Jeffrey Kluger (born 1954) is an American senior writer at Time magazine and author of nine books on various topics, such as The Narcissist Next Door (2014); Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio (2005); The Sibling Effect (2011); and Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 (1994). The latter work was the basis for Ron Howard's film Apollo 13 (1995). He is also the author of two books for young adults: Nacky Patcher and the Curse of the Dry-Land Boats (2007) and Freedom Stone (2011).
From June 1992 to September 1996, Kluger was a staff writer for Discover magazine, writing the humor column "Light Elements".[1] He also worked as a writer and editor for The New York Times, Business World Magazine, Family Circle magazine, and Science Digest.
Kluger began his work with Time magazine in 1996 specializing in science coverage. He was named a senior writer in 1998. During his tenure at Time, Kluger has written articles covering the Mars Pathfinder landing and the 2003 Columbia disaster.[citation needed] He is the author or co-author of more than 40 cover stories, including Time's coverage of the Oklahoma tornadoes of 2013, the Fukushima disaster in 2011, the battle to eradicate polio (2011) and the developing science of caring for premature babies (2014).
In 2001, the Overseas Press Club of America awarded Kluger and Michael Lemonick the Whitman Bassow Award for "best reporting in any medium on international environmental issues" for their work on global warming.[3]
