George Packer (1960–) is an American journalist. A staff writer for The New Yorker, he is widely recognized for his reporting on American politics, foreign affairs, and social change. Through immersive reporting and narrative nonfiction, he examines how political and economic transformations shape the lives of ordinary people, making him one of the leading interpreters of contemporary America. His best-known book, "The Unwinding", chronicles the social and economic upheavals that reshaped the United States after the 1970s and won the 2013 National Book Award for Nonfiction.