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, providing a vivid portrait of our nation’s best-loved holiday.