Carla Power author biography, plus links to books by Carla Power.

Carla Power

Carla Power is the author of If the Oceans Were Ink, a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and Home, Land Security, another finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She began her journalistic career at Newsweek in the 1990s. Her reportage and essays have appeared in numerous publications, including Time, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, Vogue, Vanity Fair and The Guardian. She lives with her family in East Sussex, England.

This biography was last updated on 06/16/2026.

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