Daniel Sherrell

Daniel Sherrell ^[1] is an American author and political organizer involved in the climate movement.^[2] He is the author of Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World, a memoir on the climate crisis framed as a letter to Sherrell's potential future child.^[3][4]

Daniel Sherrell
Born	(1990-12-26) December 26, 1990 (age 34)
Education	Brown University
Notable works	Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World

Early life and education

Daniel Sherrell was born in 1990. His father is an oceanographer and his mother studies metabolism; both work at Rutgers University.^[5]: 19 Sherell grew up in New Jersey and attended Brown University, graduating in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies.^[6] At Brown, Sherrell led the Brown Divest Coal Campaign, which advocated for the university's divestment from the coal industry.^[7] He also worked with individuals incarcerated by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections as part of an outreach program.^[8]

Work

In 2021, Sherrell published his first book, Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World.^[9] The book enjoyed positive critical reception^[1][10][3] and was included in The New Yorker's list of "Best Books We Read in 2021."^[11] Sherrell has written on climate issues for The Guardian ^[12][13] and Grist.^[14]

In 2022, Sherrell appeared on Storybound (podcast) for a special adaptation of an excerpt from his book Warmth.

Bibliography

• Sherrell, Daniel (3 August 2021). Warmth: coming of age at the end of our world. New York, USA: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-313653-8. Paperback version.