Field-Of-Study: General Nonfiction

William deBuys is a writer and conservationist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  His work for the Nature Conservancy and for the Conservation Fund, in North Carolina, Arizona, and New Mexico, has led to the permanent protection of public and private lands totaling over 150,000 acres.  At present, Mr. deBuys teaches in the Documentary Studies Program at

A writer residing in Grosse Point Farms, Michigan, Paul Clemens will use his Fellowship term to study the dismantling of a Detroit auto plant.  Mr. Clemens has written many well-received articles, including "A City of Hard Knocks and Hardwood," New York Times (26 June 2005); "Can’t Forget the Motor City," New York Times Magazine (28 August

Thurston Clarke has written eleven widely acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, including three New York Times Notable Books.  His Pearl Harbor Ghosts was the basis of a CBS documentary, and his bestselling Lost Hero, a biography of Raoul Wallenberg, was made into an award-winning NBC miniseries.  His articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, the