Jack El-Hai

Jack El-Hai has been involved with the Loft since 1985 as a student, program participant, Loft Mentor Series mentor, and teaching artist. He writes nonfiction books, articles, and essays and covers medicine, history, science, and crime.

Among his published books are The Case of the Autographed Corpse, The New York Times bestselling The Nazi and the Psychiatrist (recently adapted into the movie Nuremberg), The Lobotomist, The Lost Brothers, and Face in the Mirror. He has contributed essays and articles to Smithsonian, The Atlantic, GQ, Wired, Scientific American, and many other publications. He is a two-time winner of both the June Roth Award for medical journalism and the Minnesota Book Award. 

Jack, who lives in Minneapolis, previously served on the Loft Board from 2013 to 2019 and is a past president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.