Jessica DuLong

Jessica DuLong is a journalist, historian, book collaborator, editor, and writing coach, as well as chief engineer, emerita, of retired 1931 New York City fireboat, John J. Harvey. Her latest book, "Saved at the Seawall: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift" (previously published as "Dust to Deliverance"), is the definitive history of the largest ever waterborne evacuation. Her previous book, "My River Chronicles: Rediscovering the Work that Built America," won an American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book Award for Memoir. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, CNN.com, Newsweek International, The Daily Beast, Literary Hub, Nieman Storyboard, Brevity, Psychology Today, Huffington Post, Newsday, and Maritime Reporter and Engineering News. Her media appearances include: Spike Lee's HBO docu-series "NYC Epicenters 9/11 to 2021½," TODAY show, CBS Sunday Morning, USA Today, History Channel, C-Span, NY1, WNYC, Martha Stewart Living Radio, The New York Times, and the New Yorker. She appears in cartoon form in Maira Kalman's picture book, "Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey." https://www.jessicadulong.com