Megan K. Stack

Megan K. Stack is a contributing opinion writer to the New York Times. She has been a foreign correspondent in China, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Afghanistan and the U.S.-Mexico border area.

She covered the post 9/11 wars in Pakistan and Afghanistan and wrote a book, Every Man in This Village is a Liar: An Education in War. Her second book, Women's Work: A Personal Reckoning with Labor, Motherhood, and Privilege, is about her experiences giving up reporting to raise her first child.

Early life Stack studied Spanish language and literature at The George Washington University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree between 1994 and 1998.

She was an editor on the school newspaper, The GW Hatchet, while at George Washington University.