Abigail Leonard author biography, plus links to books by Abigail Leonard.

Abigail Leonard

Abigail Leonard is an award-winning international reporter and news producer, currently based in Washington D.C. and before that in Tokyo, where she was a frequent contributor to NPR, Time Magazine, and New York Times video. Her stories have also appeared in the Washington Post, Newsweek, and Vox. Before she moved to Japan, she wrote and produced long-form news documentaries as a staff producer for PBS, ABC and Al Jazeera America, and was a lead writer for "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" and "The War Room with Jennifer Granholm." Stories she reported have earned a national Emmy Award, an Overseas Press Club Award, an Association of Health Care Journalists Award, a National Headliner Award, and a James Beard Foundation Media Award Nomination. 

This biography was last updated on 05/06/2025.

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