Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of fourteen books, including This Land Is Their Land and the New York Times bestsellers Bait and Switch and Fear of Falling. She is a widely read and award-winning columnist and essayist, and author of 21 books.

Barbara Ehrenreich is an American author and political activist who describes herself as "a myth buster by trade" and has been called "a veteran muckraker" by The New Yorker. Written from her perspective as an undercover journalist, it sets out to investigate the impact of the 1996 welfare reform act on the working poor in the United States. The author is well known for her barbed magazine pieces and bestselling books (most notably, Nickel and Dimed), but she earned her chops as a freelancer. Help us improve our Author Pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography. Winner of the 2018 Erasmus Prize for her work as an investigative journalist, she has a PhD in cellular immunology from Rockefeller University and writes frequently about health care and medical science, among many other subjects. Barbara Ehrenreich has 76 books on Goodreads with 496925 ratings. A collection of the most provocative, incendiary, and career-making pieces by Barbara Ehrenreich. She lives in Virginia, USA. A memoir of Ehrenreich's three-month experime… by Barbara Ehrenreich ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2020 A compilation of the polemics and journalism of Ehrenreich, showcasing her stylistic evolution and social prescience. Books by Barbara Ehrenreich Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of over a dozen books, including the New York Times bestseller Nickel and Dimed. Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations BARBARA EHRENREICH is the author of fourteen books, including the bestselling Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America is a book written by Barbara Ehrenreich.

A frequent contributor to Harper’s and The Nation, she has also been a columnist at The New York Times and Time magazine. Ehrenreich is perhaps best known for her 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. During the 1980s and early 1990s she was a prominent figure in the Democratic Socialists of America.