Journalist and author crafting stories about the intersection of people, history and place.
portland, oregon, united states
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Claim your profileBill Lascher is an acclaimed writer who crafts stories about people, history, and place through immersive narrative nonfiction and meticulous research. Lascher has 15+ years of experience as a journalist and author producing engaging, award-winning stories for print, radio, podcast and digital platforms. His books include A Danger Shared: A Journalist’s Glimpses of a Continent at War (Blacksmith Books, 2024), The Golden Fortress: California’s Border War on Dust Bowl Refugees (Chicago Review Press, 2022), and Eve of a Hundred Midnights: The Star Crossed Love Story of Two World War II Correspondents and Their Epic Escape Across the Pacific (William Morrow, 2016). Lascher's journalism has appeared in such outlets as Atlas Obscura, Fortune, the Guardian, Portland Monthly, and Boom: A Journal of California. He previously edited the Ventura County Reporter in Ventura, California, and was a staff writer at the Pacific Coast Business Times in Santa Barbara, California.






Master Of Arts, Journalism at University Of Southern CaliforniaGraduated: 2009
Bachelor Of Arts, History at Oberlin CollegeGraduated: 2002