Clay Risen

Clay Risen is an obituaries reporter at The New York Times and the author of books on American history and whiskey.

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Early life and education

Risen was born in upstate New York and grew up in Nashville.
Risen received a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, where he attended the Walsh School of Foreign Service and was an editor of the student newspaper. He received a master's degree in social sciences from the University of Chicago.

Career

He worked at the New Republic and elsewhere before moving to the New York Times.