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Erik Larson (born January 3, 1954) is an American journalist and author of mostly nonfiction books. He has written a number of bestsellers, including 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 won the 2004 Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category, among other awards. Larson released his first novel in audiobook format only, titled No One Goes Alone, on September 28, 2021. Early life and education Larson was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Freeport, Long Island, New York. 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 Journalism, graduating in 1978. He was inspired to go into journalism after seeing the movie All the President's Men. 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, where he is still a contributing writer. His magazine stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic 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 included among his literary inspirations David McCullough, Barbara Tuchman, David Halberstam, and Walter Lord. Larson's 2006 book Thunderstruck intersperses the story of Hawley Harvey Crippen with that 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. Personal life Larson has lived in Philadelphia; Bristol, Pennsylvania; San Francisco; and Baltimore. He and his wife, Dr. Christine Gleason, have three daughters. They reside in New York City and maintain a home in Seattle, Washington. Works References External links Official website Appearances on C-SPAN. Discover the Erik Larson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Erik Larson books.
Best Seller Erik Larson Books of 2024
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The Nazi Hunters
Andrew NagorskiMore than seven decades after the end of the Second World War, the era of the Nazi Hunters is drawing to a close. Their saga is finally told in this “deep and sweeping account of a...
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Lethal Passage
Erik LarsonThis devastating book illuminates America's gun culture its manufacturers, dealers, buffs, and propagandists but also offers concrete solutions to our national epidemic of death ...
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The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chi...
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Northeaster
Cathie PelletierA vivid and gripping story of an epic Maine snowstorm that tested the very limits of human endurance.For many, the past few years have been defined by climate disaster. Stories abo...
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Race Against Time
Jerry Mitchell“For almost two decades, investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell doggedly pursued the Klansmen responsible for some of the most notorious murders of the civil rights movement. This...
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Dead Wake
Erik Larson#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania“Both terrifying and en...
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Esplendor y vileza
Erik LarsonSe diría que sabemos todo (o casi todo) de Winston Churchill. Y, sin embargo, como en toda vida, siempre se nos escapa algo. Y es ahí, en esos resquicios dejados de lado por la his...
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Without a Trace
Liza Marklund#1 New York Times and internationally bestselling Swedish author Liza Marklund delivers more topnotch, “edgeofyourseat suspense” (Harlan Coben) as her fearless journalist Annika Be...
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The American Spirit
David McCulloughA New York Times BestsellerA timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United Stateswinner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awar...
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Quiet Dell
Jayne Anne PhillipsFrom the National Book Award longlisted author of Night Watch, a spectacularly riveting novel based on a reallife crime by a con man who preyed on widows: “a brilliant fusion of fa...
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Sit-Down Comedy
John Fleming & Malcolm HardeeTo satisfy the needs of the hundreds of thousands of people who pay good money to see standup every year, Malcolm Hardee ('the comedian's comedian' WHSmith Online; '...
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Indianapolis
Lynn Vincent & Sara VladicNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “GRIPPING…THIS YARN HAS IT ALL.” USA TODAY “A WONDERFUL BOOK.” The Christian Science Monitor “ENTHRALLING.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A MUSTREA...
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H. H. Holmes
Adam SelzerShares with readers America’s first and most infamous serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago The first comprehensive book following...
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The Swastika and Symbols of Hate
Steven Heller“Force[s] even the most sophisticated to rethink and rework their ideas of how images work in the world.” School Library Journal This is a classic story, masterfully told, in a new...
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The Demon of Unrest
Erik LarsonThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil Wara...
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In the Garden of Beasts
Erik LarsonErik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power.The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when W...
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Gangsters vs. Nazis
Michael BensonThe stunning true story of the rise of Nazism in America in the years leading to WWIIand the fearless Jewish gangsters and crime families who joined forces to fight back. With an i...
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H. H. Holmes
Adam SelzerAmerica's first and most notorious serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, now updated with a new afterword discussing Holmes' exhum...
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Three Ordinary Girls
Tim Brady“The book's teenage protagonists and their bravery will enthrall young adults, who may find themselves inspired to take up their own causes.” Washington Post An astonishing Wo...
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Munich, 1938
David FaberOn September 30, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew back to London from his meeting in Munich with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. As he disembarked from the air...
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The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill an...
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Thunderstruck
Erik LarsonA true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.”In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two menHawley Crippen, a very unlikely murd...
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The Road to Jonestown
Jeff Guinn2018 Edgar Award FinalistBest Fact Crime“A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant con man and his alltoo vulnerable prey” (The Boston Globe)the definitive ...
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Ungentlemanly Warfare
Howard LinskeyA secret assassin. An impossible mission. Failure is not an option. 1943. With Nazi Germany facing defeat, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring has authorized mass production of ...
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The Organ Thieves
Chip JonesThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this “startling…powerful” (Kirkus Reviews) investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race. In 196...