Dean King Biography
Dean King is well established as an authority on nautical literature and history
and on Patrick O'Brian. His previous eight books include A Sea of Words: A
Lexicon and Companion to Patrick O'Brian's Seafaring Tales, Harbors and
High Seas, and Every Man Will Do His Duty. King also served as the
editor of the Heart of Oak Sea Classics series. His journalism has appeared in
The New York Times, Outside, Esquire, Travel &
Leisure, and he founded Bubba Magazine.
As part of his research for Skeletons on the Zahara, he traveled the Sahara on foot and camel.
King is a founder and advisory board member for the James River Writers Conference in Richmond, Virginia.
From the author's website
This biography was last updated on 07/27/2010.
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