Colin Woodard
|occupation= |nationality=American |education=Tufts University (BA)University of Chicago (MA) |notable_works=''American Nations'' (2011) |website= }} Colin Strohn Woodard (born December 3, 1968) is an American journalist and writer known for his books ''American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America'' (2011), ''The Republic of Pirates'' (2007), and ''The Lobster Coast ''(2004), a cultural and environmental history of coastal Maine. He is known for his writing that examines how the historically distinct regional cultures of America shape its current politics, society and health status. Provided by Wikipedia