author : Blaire Briodywebsite : https://twitter.com/blairebriody?lang=enfacebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheHistoryReaderBLAIRE BRIODY is an award-winning journalist and editor-at-large for The Fiscal Times. She has written for The New York Times, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Fast Company, Glamour, among others. The New Wild West was the 2016 finalist for the Lukas Work-in-Progress Award from Columbia Journalism School and Harvard’s Nieman Foundation, and she received the Richard J. Margolis Award for emerging journalists in 2014. She graduated from UC Davis with a degree in international relations.