Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

About Chris HedgesJoe Sacco

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He spent nearly two decades as a correspondent in Central America the Middle East Africa and the Balkans with fifteen years at the New York Times. He is the author of numerous bestselling books including Empire of Illusion Death of the Liberal Class War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning and Days of Destruction Days of Revolt which he co-wrote with Joe Sacco. He writes a weekly column for the online magazine Truthdig. He lives in Princeton New Jersey.Joe Sacco is a Maltese citizen currently residing in Portland Oregon. Sacco received his B.A. in journalism at the University of Oregon in 1981. Sacco has gained widespread praise for the depth of his research the sensitivity of his handling of a delicate subject as well as for the craft exhibited in his dynamic sophisticated layouts and bold narrative. In 2001 Sacco received a Guggenheim Fellowship to help pursue his work. Sacco's work about the southern Gaza Strip called Footnotes in Gaza received the Ridenhour Book Prize in March 2010.