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Erik Larson (author)
This page is about the non-fiction author. For the comic book writer, see Erik Larsen; for the
Disney animator, see Eric Larson.
Erik Larson
(born January 3, 1954) is an American journalist and author of
[1]
nonfiction books. He has written a number of bestsellers, such as
The Devil in the
White City
(2003), about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and a
series of murders by H. H. Holmes that were committed in the city around the time
of the Fair;
The Devil in the White City
also won the 2004 Edgar Award in the Best
Fact Crime category among other awards.
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Contents
Early life and education
Writing career
Books
Teaching and public speaking
Personal life
Bibliography
References
External links
Erik Larson (2007)
Early life and education
Larson was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Freeport, Long Island, New York.
[2]
He studied Russian history at the University of
Pennsylvania and graduated
summa cum laude
in 1976. After a year off, he attended the Columbia University Graduate School of
[2][3]
He was inspired to go into journalism after seeing the movie
the President's Men.
[4]
Journalism, graduating in 1978.
All
Writing career
Larson's first newspaper job was with the
Bucks County Courier Times
in Levittown, Pennsylvania, where he wrote about murder,
witches, environmental poisons, and other "equally pleasant" things. He later became a features writer for
The Wall Street Journal
and
Time
magazine, where he is still a contributing writer. His magazine stories have appeared in
The New Yorker, The Atlantic
[4]
Monthly, Harper's,
and other publications.
Books
Larson has written a number of books, mostly historical nonfiction. In a 2016 interview with the
Knoxville Mercury,
Larson stated he
does all of his own research, asking, "why should I let anybody else have that fun?" He also rejected the idea of trying to imagine or
take factual liberties with scenes and conversations from the past, stating that in his work, "anything that appears in quote is
something that came from a historical document." He included among his literary inspirations David McCullough, Barbara Tuchman,
David Halberstam, and Walter Lord.
[4]
Larson's 2006 book
Thunderstruck
intersperses the story of Hawley Harvey Crippen with that
[5]
of Guglielmo Marconi and the invention of radio.
Teaching and public speaking
Larson has taught non-fiction writing at San Francisco State University, the Johns
Hopkins Writing Seminars, and the University of Oregon, and he has spoken to
audiences across the United States.
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Personal life
reside in New York City and maintain a home inSeattle, Washington.
[3]
Erik Larson talks about
In The
Garden of Beasts: Love, T
error, and
An American Family in Hitler's Berlin
on Bookbits radio.
Larson has lived in Philadelphia; Bristol, Pennsylvania; San Francisco; and Baltimore. He and his wife have three daughters. They
Bibliography
The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities
Holt. 1992. ISBN 0805017550.
. H.
Lethal Passage: How the T
ravels of a Single Handgun Expose the Roots of America's Gun Crisis
Crown Publishers.
.
1994. ISBN 0517596776.
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a T
ime, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Random House. 1999. ISBN 0-609-60233-0.
.
The Devil in the White City: Murder Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Crown Publishers.
,
.
2002. ISBN 0-609-60844-4.
Thunderstruck.
Crown Publishers. 2006.ISBN 9781400080663.
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, T
error, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Crown Publishers. 2011.
.
ISBN 9780307408846.
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitan
Crown Publishers. 2015.ISBN 9780307408860.
ia.
References
1.
"Erik Larson: Best-selling Author of
In the Garden of Beasts
(http://eriklarsonbooks.com/the-books/)
Erik Larson:
"
.
The Books.
Retrieved May 25, 2012.
2.
"Erik Larson, 2003 National Book A
ward Finalist: Nonfiction, The National Book Foundation"
(http://www.nationalboo
k.org/nba2003_elarson.html)
NationalBook.org.
2003. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
.
3.
"About The Author - Erik Larson : Best-selling Author of In the Garden of Beasts"
(http://eriklarsonbooks.com/about-t
he-author/).
ErickLarsonbooks.com
Retrieved May 25, 2012.
.
4. Everett, Matthew "Q&A:
Author Erik Larson(http://www.knoxmercury
.
.com/2016/03/17/qa-author-erik-larson/)
."
Knoxville Mercury,
16 March 2016.
5. Baker, Kevin (2006-11-05).
"Thunderstruck. By Erik Larson - Books - Review"
(https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/
books/review/Bakert.html).
The New York Times.
ISSN 0362-4331 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331)
.
.
Retrieved 2018-02-21.
External links
Official website
Interview at Identity Theory
Interview on
The Devil in the White City Booknotes,
14 September 2003
,
Interview with Larson about
In the Garden of the Beasts
on NPR's
Fresh Air
(May 9, 2011)
Appearances on C-SPAN
C-SPAN
Q&A
interview with Larson about
In the Garden of the Beasts
July 17, 2011
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