# Dana Goodyear

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American journalist and poet

**Dana Goodyear** (born 1976) is an American journalist and poet, the author of the forthcoming book *Anything That Moves*, and the co-founder of [Figment](/source/Figment_(website)), an on-line literary community. She is a staff writer at *[The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker)* and teaches in the Master of Professional Writing program at the [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California).

## Life and work

Goodyear graduated from [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) in 1998, where she was Managing Editor of *[The New Journal](/source/The_New_Journal),* and was hired by *The New Yorker* in 1999.[1][2] She became a staff writer in 2007.[2] In 2008, she was named a Japan Society Media Fellow, and spent six weeks in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo) researching the emergence of the [cell phone novel](/source/Cell_phone_novel).[3] Her story, "I ♥ Novels", was published in *The New Yorker* and collected in "The Best Technology Writing 2009".[4][5]

In 2005, Goodyear published "Honey and Junk", a collection of poems.[6][7] Her second collection "The Oracle of Hollywood Boulevard," was published by W.W. Norton in 2012.

She is the author of "Anything that Moves: Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture. (Riverhead Books: 2013.) [8]

Goodyear's profile of [James Cameron](/source/James_Cameron) was a finalist for a 2010 [National Magazine Award](/source/National_Magazine_Award).[9] "Killer Food", about the chefs at Animal, a [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) restaurant, was included in "The Best Food Writing 2010".[10] Her reporting on Driscoll's strawberries was selected for "The Best American Food Writing 2018."[11] She has twice been honored by the James Beard Foundation for food journalism.

Goodyear lives in Los Angeles, and is the writer and host of the podcast "Lost Hills."[12] Season 1, released in March 2021, chronicles the murder of Tristan Beaudette in Malibu Creek State Park.[13]

## Publications

Main article: [Dana Goodyear bibliography](/source/Dana_Goodyear_bibliography)

- *Honey and junk*. 2005.

- *Anything that moves : renegade chefs, fearless eaters, and the making of a new American food culture*. 2013.

- *The oracle of Hollywood Boulevard : poems*. 2013.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Faculty Profile > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences"](http://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1026495). University of Southern California. 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_2-1) ["The New Yorker Contributors: Dana Goodyear"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110512210757/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/dana_goodyear/search?contributorName=dana%20goodyear). The New Yorker Magazine. Archived from [the original](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/dana_goodyear/search?contributorName=dana%20goodyear) on 12 May 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Japan Society, New York - Recipients & Essays"](https://web.archive.org/web/20111003052211/http://www.japansociety.org/recipients). Japan Society. Archived from [the original](http://www.japansociety.org/recipients) on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Goodyear, Dana (22 December 2008). ["Letter from Japan: I ♥ Novels"](http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/12/22/081222fa_fact_goodyear). The New Yorker Magazine. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Johnson, Steven. "The Best Technology Writing 2009". Yale University Press, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Goodyear, Dana. "Honey and Junk". W. W. Norton & Company, 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["BEST SELLERS - May 22, 2005"](https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/22/books/arts/best-sellers-may-22-2005.html). *The New York Times*. 22 May 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Garner, Dwight (7 November 2013). ["Marinated Snark is a Dish Best Served Cold"](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/books/anything-that-moves-on-food-culture-by-dana-goodyear.html). *The New York Times*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Complete list of the 2010 National Magazine Awards Finalists"](http://www.magazine.org/ASME/ABOUT_ASME/ASME_PRESS_RELEASES/nma-2010-finalists-list.aspx). American Society of Magazine Editors. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Hughes, Holly. "Best Food Writing of 2010". Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [*The Best American Food Writing 2018*](https://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Food-Writing-2018-ebook/dp/B07897WYRY). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2 October 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["True Crime Podcast Series - Lost Hills Podcast - Pushkin Industries"](https://www.pushkin.fm/show/lost-hills/). 2 March 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["New Yorker writer Dana Goodyear investigates Malibu campground murder in new true crime podcast 'Lost Hills'"](https://ktla.com/morning-news/new-yorker-writer-dana-goodyear-investigates-malibu-campground-murder-in-new-true-crime-podcast-lost-hills/). 17 March 2021.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.danagoodyear.com/)

- [Figment](http://figment.com/) official website

- "The Allure of the Underground: The rise of the secret supper club," Dana Goodyear, *[The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker)*, 3 December 2012 [Toques from Underground](http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/03/121203fa_fact_goodyear)

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