Our Fall 2012 Roundtable book is ‘In the Garden of Beasts’ so I thought we’d all like to learn more about the author, Erik Larson.
Meet Erik Larson!
Larson was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 3rd, 1954. He went on to study Russian history, language and culture at my alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, graduating summa cum laude in 1976. He followed that degree with one from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1978. Larson wrote feature stories in The Wall Street Journal and Time magazine, and many other prestigious publications, and published his first novel, The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities, in 1992. Larson and his wife have three kids.
On Larson’s page, he has written a great biography of himself in his trademark style of being informative, insightful, and entertaining simultaneously.
More About his Books:
The saga of an American father and daughter who in July 1933 suddenly found themselves, and the rest of their family, transported to the heart of Hitler’s Berlin. Movie rights were optioned by Universal Studios and Tom Hanks’ Playtone.
The true story of how the lives of the inventor of wireless and of Britain’s second most-famous murderer (after Jack the Ripper) intersected during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time.
The No. 1 New York Times bestseller about the architect who led the construction of the great Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, and the prolific serial killer who used the fair as a lure.
At the turn of the last century, Isaac Cline, chief weatherman for Texas, believed no storm could do serious harm to the city of Galveston, a fast growing metropolis on the Gulf Coast destined for great things. In September 1900 a massive hurricane proved him wrong, at great personal cost. Larson’s wife considers Isaac’s Storm to be her favorite of Larson’s books.
This book tells the story of how a particular model of handgun, designed initially for urban warfare, became the crime-gun of choice for inner-city gangs, and how one such gun came to be in the hands of a Virginia schoolboy who used it to kill a teacher.
This book explores the lengths companies go to spy on individual consumers. The book became the subject of a PBS documentary, “We Know Where You Live,” in which Larson was the main character.
For more information on Erik, check out his website:
http://eriklarsonbooks.com/
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It’s not too late to purchase In the Garden of Beasts and join us for the Roundtable on Wed. Oct 17th at 9pm EST HERE
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