Charles P. Wohlforth (born 1963) is an author and journalist, former public official, and consultant.[1] He has written extensively about Alaska and has collaborated with other authors on a variety of topics.[2]
Wohlforth's books include The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change, which won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, in the Science and Technology category, in 2004,[3] and more than 10 other books about science, environment, medicine, history, biography, and travel. His column in the Anchorage Daily News won the "Best of the West" award in 2019.[4] Wohlforth served two terms on the Anchorage Assembly[5][6] and led the Coalition for Education Equity as executive director for five years.[7] He was a consultant on energy and transportation issues on the state and national level.[7] He was host of several radio, podcast and TV programs on Alaska Public Media.[8] He graduated from Princeton University with high honors in 1986.[7]
Partial bibliography
How Covid Crashed the System: A Guide to Fixing American Health Care (By David B. Nash and Charles Wohlforth; Rowman and Littlefield, 2022)[9]
Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets] (By Charles Wohlforth and Amanda Hendrix; Pantheon/Knopf, 2016).[10]
From the Shores of Ship Creek: Stories of Anchorage’s First 100 Years (Todd Communications, 2015).[11]
To Russia With Love: An Alaskan’s Journey (By Vic Fischer with Charles Wohlforth; University of Alaska Press, 2012).[12]
The Fate of Nature: Rediscovering Our Ability to Rescue the Earth (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010).[13]
Saving for the Future: My Life and the Permanent Fund (By Dave Rose as told to Charles Wohlforth; Epicenter Press, 2008).[14]
The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change (North Point Press/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004).[15]
