Writing Bruder has written for
The New York Times since 2003. She worked in
The Oregonians now-closed
Clackamas County bureau for nearly two years between 2006 and 2008, primarily covering breaking news, crime and the courts. She has also written for
Wired,
New York and ''
Harper's Magazine. Her first book was Burning Book: A Visual History of Burning Man
. She also produced the film CamperForce'', directed by
Brett Story. For her book
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century (2017), she spent months living in a camper van named Van Halen, documenting itinerant Americans who gave up traditional housing to hit the road full-time. The project spanned three years and more than 15,000 miles of driving, from coast to coast and from Mexico to the Canadian border. Named a
New York Times 2017 Notable Book,
Nomadland won the 2017 Barnes & Noble Discover Award, and was a finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize and the Helen Bernstein Book Award.
Film In February 2019,
Fox Searchlight Pictures announced that they would distribute the film adaptation of
Nomadland, also titled
Nomadland, which had been optioned by
Frances McDormand and
Peter Spears.
David Strathairn, Linda May and Charlene Swankie joined McDormand in the cast of the film, and
Chloé Zhao directed from a screenplay she wrote based on the book. McDormand, Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Zhao produced the Searchlight film. The film was a critical success and won numerous accolades, including the
Academy Award for Best Picture. == References ==