Robert W. Fieseler

Robert W. Fieseler is a journalist investigating marginalized groups and a scholar excavating forgotten histories. A National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Journalist of the Year and recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship, he is the author of “American Scare: Florida’s Hidden Cold War on Black and Queer Lives.” Fieseler’s debut book “Tinderbox“ won seven awards, including the Edgar Award, and his reporting has appeared in Slate, Commonweal and River Teeth, among publications. He graduated co-valedictorian from the Columbia Journalism School and is pursuing a PhD at Tulane University as a Mellon Fellow. He lives with his husband on the gayest street in New Orleans.