(1956-06-11) June 11, 1956 (age 67) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation
Author, historian
Nationality
American
Alma mater
Brown University (BA) Duke University (MA)
Period
1984–present
Spouse
Melissa Douthart Philbrick
Children
2
Nathaniel Philbrick (born June 11, 1956) is an American author of history, winner of the National Book Award, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His maritime history, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, is based on what inspired Herman Melville to author Moby-Dick, won the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction and was adapted as a film in 2015.[1][2][3]
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^"Nathaniel Philbrick". National Book Festival author biography. US Library of Congress. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
^Drew, Bernard. 100 Most Popular Nonfiction Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007. ISBN 1-59158-487-6
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