Nina Burleigh grew up in several different regions including San Francisco, Baghdad, and later Michigan. She began as an intern at the Associated Press where she learned a great deal about govenrment and writing journalism. She covered The White House and Congress for People and Time. She soon became a staff writer for People Magazine in the 2000's. She then went on to be a National Politics Correspondent for Newsweek in 2015.
Her journalism experience motivated her to become an author. Her book title's include: Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt, Unholy Business: A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land, The Fatal Gift of Beauty, and The Stranger and the Statesman: Jame sSmithson, John Quincy Adams and the Making of America's Greatest Museum.
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