Eleanor Cummins is a writer and therapist-in-training. Her work has appeared in more than 30 national outlets, including The Atlantic, The New York Times, and National Geographic. She is currently earning her Master’s of Social Work at Columbia University, where she is part of the 2024-2025 dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) intensive program.

Eleanor is represented by Catherine Cho of Paper Literary. In 2017, she graduated from New York University's Science, Health, and Environmental Reporting Program, where she served as an adjunct assistant professor from 2020 to 2024. Eleanor received a 2018 Edible Award for her reporting on New York City oysters; a 2022 Azbee Award for her profile of Dr. Will Flanary; and a 2023 National City and Regional Magazine Award for her “masterful examination” of allegations against a Texas funeral home. Her reporting on OCD received a notable mention in the Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022. Her essay on climate change in the Pokémon franchise will be anthologized in the forthcoming book Pokemon & Philosophy, out November 2024.

She grew up in rural Washington State and now lives in New York City with her husband and dog. Check out this Vox comic strip about their life together! In her free time, Eleanor is a New York City tour guide, unsolicited advice columnist, and amateur collage artist.