Oliver Franklin-Wallis is an award-winning journalist and author, whose writing has appeared in GQ, WIRED, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Times Magazine, 1843, and many other publications.

He has written about art fraudsters and deep-sea explorers, reported from Liberia on the ebola virus and Saudi Arabia on sportswashing, chronicled the fractious race to build a hyperloop, and profiled countless entrepreneurs, athletes, politicians, scientists, actors, musicians, and artists.

His first book, Wasteland: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away, Where It Goes, And Why It Matters, was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, and named a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and one of the New Yorker‘s Best Books of 2023.

Awards
2025 (Shortlisted) ‘Features Writer Of The Year’, The Professional Publishers Association
2023 (Shortlisted) The Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing, for Wasteland
2021 (Winner) ‘Freelance Writer Of The Year’, The Freelance Writing Awards
2019 (Winner) ’30 To Watch’, MHP Young Journalist Awards
2017 (Winner) ‘Print Writer Of The Year’, British Society Of Magazine Editors
2017 (Shortlisted) ‘Writer Of The Year’, PPA Awards
2016 (Winner) ‘Digital Writer Of The Year’, The Drum Online Media Awards
2014 (Shortlisted) ‘Best Web Writer’, BSME Rising Star Awards