Melanie Kirkpatrick

Journalist and Author

Melanie Kirkpatrick is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. She contributes reviews and commentary to various publications, including the opinion pages of The Wall Street Journal , for which she worked from 1980 until mid-2009. In her book, Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience , Kirkpatrick journeys through four centuries of history, giving us a vivid portrait of our nation’s best-loved holiday.