Olga Khazan is a journalist who reports on health, gender, and science. She is currently a staff writer for The Atlantic.Prior to becoming a staff writer, Khazan was The Atlantic’s Global editor. She has also written for the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Forbes, and other publications. She is a two-time recipient of the International Reporting Project’s Journalism Fellowship and winner of the 2017 National Headliner Awards for Magazine Online Writing.Khazan's first book, "Weird," is to be published in 2020.Khazan was raised in West Texas. She received her B.A. in political science from American University, and her M.A. in journalism from the University of Southern California. She began reporting at The Eagle newspaper at American.