George Black is a Scottish writer and journalist.
Black was born in Cowdenbeath, Scotland. He received a degree from the University of Oxford.
Black was a columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
From 1986 to 1991, Black was the foreign editor of The Nation. From 2004 to 2014, he was the executive editor of OnEarth magazine, a publication of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Since 2014, Black has been a contributor to Salon, The Nation, The Guardian, New Yorker.com, and other publications.
Black is married to Anne Nelson. Together they have two children.
Empire of Shadows was a finalist for the 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.