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Susan Casey (born 1962) is a Canadian born writer. She has been lead editor of Sports Illustrated Women and O, The Oprah Magazine and she has written several non-fiction books including The Devil's Teeth concerning sharks in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary in California. Life Casey was born in Toronto. She became creative director of Outside magazine and she joined what was then "Sports Illustrated for Women" in early 2001 as managing editor. Despite her re-vamp and being nominated for a National Magazine award the (now named) Sports Illustrated Women was discontinued at the end of 2002 by Time Inc. Casey has written several non-fiction books. In 2005 when she was development editor of Time Inc., she published the best-selling book, The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks, concerning great white sharks that she had observed from the Farallon Islands, 27 miles off San Francisco. She observed the dozens of sharks that are part of a research project by ornithologist Peter Pyle and Scot Anderson. Anderson has studied the sharks in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary for 25 years. In 2010 she was editor-in-chief of O, The Oprah Magazine when she published The Wave: In the Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean. The book discusses incidences and evidence for huge waves that can be 90 feet high. She also includes the sport of tow-in surfing using examples of surfers like Laird Hamilton who get their surfboards towed by boats to high speeds so that they can ride larger waves. She was interviewed on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart about her and the book. In 2013 Casey stood down as editor of O, The Oprah Magazine so that she could write a book. She was replaced by Lucy Kaylin who was promoted from the magazine's staff. Casey's next book, Voices in the Ocean, was about dolphins and it was published in 2015. She describes the experience of swimming with dolphins and their exploitation by humans for amusement and consumption. She interviewed Lori Marino who told her about the intelligence of these mammals who have more complex brains than humans. In 2023, Casey published The underworld : journeys to the depths of the ocean, an investigation of the deep ocean, its history, its champions, and urgent need for protection from destruction. Captivated by mysteries held by the 98% of our biosphere which is in the dark, Casey spent years researching the book, including two deep dives in Hawaii and the Caribbean. References. Discover the Susan Casey popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Susan Casey books.
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Moving On
Kevin LewisA sequel to THE KID, where Kevin Lewis takes us through his journey of writing the novel, securing the book deal with Penguin and facing the enormous press interest.He also takes u...
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Too Many Tears
Fiona DoyleAs heard on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour'Ireland and its people know that Fiona Doyle is a trailblazer' Sunday Independent'A wrenching read ... Doyle resists giving her story a Holly...
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The Wave
Susan CaseyNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this "wonderfully vivid, kinetic narrative" (The New York Times), the bestselling author of Voices in the Ocean captures colossal, shipswallowing...
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The Underworld
Susan CaseyNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling author Susan Casey, an aweinspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover i...
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The Babysitter
Liza Rodman & Jennifer JordanThis chilling true story and “harrowing account of the evil that can lurk around the edges of girlhood” (Carolyn Murnick, author of The Hot One)reminiscent of Ann Rule’s classic Th...
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A House in the Sky
Amanda Lindhout & Sara CorbettBREAKING NEWS: Amanda Lindhout’s lead kidnapper, Ali Omar Ader, has been caught.Amanda Lindhout wrote about her fifteen month abduction in Somalia in A House in the Sky. It is the ...
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The Kid
Kevin LewisKevin Lewis grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten and starved by his parents, ignored by the social services and bullied at school, he was offered a chance to escape ...
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He Killed Them All
Jeanine PirroFormer prosecutor Jeanine Pirrothe “true hero” (New York Post) of the hit HBO documentary series The Jinxoffers the transfixing true story of her tireless fifteenyear investigation...
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Albert and the Whale
Philip HoareAn illuminating exploration of the intersection between life, art and the sea from the awardwinning author of The Whale.In 1520, Albrecht Dürer, the most celebrated artist in ...
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Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 11
Maxim JakubowskiThis superb annual anthology of the year’s most outstanding short crime fiction published in the UK is now well into its second decade. Jakubowski has succeeded, once again, in une...
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Voices in the Ocean
Susan CaseyNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Inspired by a profound experience swimming with wild dolphins off the coast of Maui, the bestselling author of The Wave set out on a quest to learn every...