New York: Viking Press, 2008. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [10], 294 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Julia Keller is an American writer and former journalist. Her awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Keller was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University from the period of 1998 to 1999. Her reviews and commentary air on National Public Radio and on The Newshour(PBS). Keller began her career as a journalist as an intern for columnist Jack Anderson. She went on to work for over 25 years as a reporter for many major newspapers, including the Columbus Dispatch, The Daily Independent, and the Chicago Tribune. She joined the staff of the Chicago Tribune in late 1998, but left her job in 2012 to write full-time. Keller won a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her three-part narrative account of the deadly Utica, Illinois tornado outbreak. The Tribune has won many Pulitzers but Keller's prize was its first win for feature writing. In 2008, Keller wrote a nonfiction book that detailed the cultural impact of the Gatling gun. More