David Quammen

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David Quammen (born February 1948) is an American science, nature and travel writer and the author of fifteen books, five of them fiction. He wrote a column, called "Natural Acts" for Outside magazine for fifteen years. His articles have also appeared in National Geographic, Harper's, Rolling Stone, the New York Times Book Review and other periodicals. In 2013, Quammen's book Spillover was shortlisted for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award.[1]

Biography

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Quammen graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1966.[2] He is a Yale graduate and former Rhodes Scholar; during his graduate studies at Oxford, he studied literature, concentrating on the works of William Faulkner.[3] Quammen was drawn to Montana in the early '70s for the trout fishing. He still lives in Montana, while traveling widely for National Geographic Magazine and to research his books. During autumn 2014, he was much involved, because of books and articles he has published, in the public discussion of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa and its spread beyond.

Bibliography

Non-Fiction

  • Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature; 1985, Avon Books reprint 1996. ISBN 0-380-71738-7
  • The Flight of the Iguana; Scribner, 1988. ISBN 0-684-83626-2
  • The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions; Scribner, 1996 (reprinted 1997). ISBN 0-684-82712-3[4]
  • Wild Thoughts From Wild Places; Scribner, 1999. ISBN 0-684-85208-X
  • The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder; Scribner, 2001. ISBN 0-7432-0032-2
  • Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000 (ed.); 2000.
  • Quammen, David (2003). Monster of God : the man-eating predator in the jungles of history and the mind. New York: W. W. Norton. ISBN 0393051404. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)
  • The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution (Great Discoveries); W. W. Norton, 2006. ISBN 978-0-393-32995-7[5]
  • Natural Act: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature (Revised and Expanded, with a New Introduction); W. W. Norton, 2009. ISBN 978-0-393-33360-2
  • Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic; W. W. Norton, 2012. ISBN 978-0-393-06680-7[6][7]
  • The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest; W. W. Norton, 2015. ISBN 978-0-393-35084-5[8]

Articles

Fiction

  • To Walk the Line, 1970.
  • Walking Out, 1980.
  • The Zolta Configuration, 66669
  • The Soul of Viktor Tronko, 1987.
  • Blood Line: Stories of Fathers and Sons, 1988.

Critical studies and reviews

Awards and accolades

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.pen.org/content/pene-o-wilson-literary-science-writing-award-10000
  2. ^ Long, Karen (August 25, 2008). "Ten Minutes With . . . David Quammen, author of 'The Reluctant Mr. Darwin'". Plain Dealer. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  3. ^ McGrath, Charles (Oct 19, 2012), The Subject Is Science, the Style Is Faulkner, New York Times, retrieved Feb 11, 2013
  4. ^ Kanigel, Robert (21 April 1996). "Review: The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen". NY Times.
  5. ^ Desmond, Adrian (27 Aug 2006). "Review: The Reluctant Mr. Darwin by David Quammen". NY Times.
  6. ^ Roberts, Alice (10 Nov 2012). "Review: Spillover by David Quammen". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Shah, Sonia (19 Oct 2012). "Review: Spillover by David Quammen". NY Times.
  8. ^ Lynch, Stephen (2 Feb 2015). "How the AIDS epidemic really began". New York Post.
  9. ^ Rhodes Scholars: Complete List, 1903-2011 - The Rhodes Scholarships
  10. ^ a b c Winners & Finalists - ASME
  11. ^ All Fellows - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  12. ^ American Academy of Arts and Letters - Award Winners
  13. ^ Bp Natural World Book Prize
  14. ^ Past Winners of The New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism | The New York Public Library
  15. ^ David Quammen - Lannan Foundation
  16. ^ JBA Medal Award List
  17. ^ MSU News Service - New Stegner professor to hit the ground running
  18. ^ PEN American Center - 2001 Winners
  19. ^ Recipients • Academic Events Committee • Colorado College
  20. ^ The Stephen Jay Gould Prize
  21. ^ Bill Ott (June 30, 2013). "Richard Ford and Timothy Egan Win Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction". Booklist. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  22. ^ Annalisa Pesek (July 3, 2013). "2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction". Library Journal. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  23. ^ "ALA Unveils 2013 Finalists for Andrew Carnegie Medals". Publishers Weekly. April 22, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014.

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