What was Tatiana Schlossberg's debut book? Career highlights explored following her death at 35

Tatiana Schlossberg published her first book five years ago, in 2019. The book is called Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have. Her debut book is a non-fiction work that focuses on the environmental impacts caused by consumers and global supply chains. Schlossberg, whose full name is Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg, was an environmental journalist and author.

Schlossberg passed away on December 31, and the news of her death was announced by the John F Kennedy Library Foundation. She passed away after a month of revealing her diagnosis of an aggressive form of cancer. They also took to Instagram to share the news with a photo of 35-year-old Tatiana. They wrote:

"Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts. George, Edwin and Josephine Moran Ed, Caroline, Jack, Rose and Rory."

Tatiana Schlossberg was the late President John F. Kennedy's granddaughter. In her short life of 35 years, she has done incredible work as a journalist. Keep reading to learn more about Tatiana.

Tatiana Schlossberg's career highlights

During her childhood, Tatiana Schlossberg attended Brearley School and Trinity School. Later, she graduated from Yale with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Ever since her college days, Schlossberg has been writing. She was the editor-in-chief for the Yale Herald. She also received the Charles A. Ryskamp Travel Grant for a research project that:

"explored the communities that grew out of the relationship between runaway slaves and coastal New England Native American tribes, particularly on Martha's Vineyard in the nineteenth century."

Later on, Tatiana got an internship at the Vineyard Gazette in Massachusetts. She went on to become a municipal reporter at The Record in New Jersey. After her internship at The New York Times in 2014, she was hired as a reporter to cover the Metro section. She then continued to work as a science and climate reporter for the Times till 2017.

In 2019, she published her first book. She won first place in the Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Environment Book Award the following year.

Tatiana Schlossberg was a talented journalist and author who made important contributions to environmental writing. Despite her short life, she achieved a lot through her work and her award-winning book. She passed away at the young age of 35 after battling an aggressive form of cancer.

Also read: Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, dies at 35

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