David Elliot Grann (1967-03-10) March 10, 1967 (age 57)
Occupation
Staff writer, book author, journalist
Education
Connecticut College (BA) Tufts University (MA) Boston University (MFA)
Notable works
The Lost City of Z The Devil and Sherlock Holmes Killers of the Flower Moon The White Darkness The Wager
Notable awards
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship George Polk Awards
Spouse
Kyra Darnton
(m. 2000)
Children
2
Website
davidgrann.com
David Elliot Grann (born March 10, 1967) is an American journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author.
His first book, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, was published by Doubleday in February 2009. After its first week of publication, it debuted on The New York Times bestseller list at #4[1] and later reached #1.[2] Grann's articles have been collected in several anthologies, including What We Saw: The Events of September 11, 2001, The Best American Crime Writing of 2004 and 2005, and The Best American Sports Writing of 2003 and 2006.[3] He has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post,The Wall Street Journal, and The Weekly Standard.[3]
According to a profile in Slate, Grann has a reputation as a "workhorse reporter", which has made him a popular journalist who "inspires a devotion in readers that can border on the obsessive."[4]
^"Hardcover Non-fiction Bestsellers". The New York Times. March 6, 2009. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
^"Paperback Non-fiction Bestsellers". The New York Times. February 21, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
^ abCite error: The named reference Grann was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Jonah Weiner (April 11, 2011). "The Storyteller's Storyteller". Slate. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
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