David Grann
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Grann at the 2010 Texas Book Festival
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| Born | David Grann March 10, 1967 New York City |
| Occupation | Staff writer, author, journalist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Connecticut College |
| Notable works | The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon |
| Notable awards |
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship George Polk Awards |
| Spouse | Kyra Darnton (m. 2000) |
| Children | 2 |
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David Grann (born March 10, 1967) is an American journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and a best-selling 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.
Grann's stories have appeared 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. He has also written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Weekly Standard. According to a profile in Slate, Grann's reputation as a "workhorse reporter" has made him a popular journalist who "inspires a devotion in readers that can border on the obsessive."
Born in New York City, Grann graduated from Connecticut College in 1989 with a B.A. in Government. He received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship and conducted research in Mexico, where he began his career as a freelance journalist. He received a master's degree in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1993. At that point primarily interested in fiction, Grann hoped to develop a career as a novelist.
His journalism career began after he was hired as a copy editor at The Hill, a Washington, D.C.-based newspaper covering the United States Congress in 1994. The same year, he earned a master's degree in creative writing from Boston University, where he taught courses in creative writing and fiction. He was named The Hill's executive editor in 1995.
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