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David Grann is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z. Killers of the Flower Moon was a finalist for the National Book Award and won an Edgar Allan Poe Award. He is also the author of The White Darkness and the collection The Devil and Sherlock Holmes. Grann's investigative reporting has garnered several honors, including a George Polk Award. He lives with his wife and children in New York.
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When did you first stumble upon the story of Percy Fawcett and his search
for an ancient civilization in the Amazon—and when did you realize this
particular story had you in "the grip"?
While I was researching a story on the mysterious death of the world's
greatest Sherlock Holmes expert, I came upon a reference to Fawcett's role in
inspiring Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Lost World. Curious, I plugged
Fawcett's name into a newspaper database and was amazed by the headlines that
appeared, including "THREE MEN FACE CANNIBALS IN RELIC QUEST" and tribesmen
"Seize Movie Actor Seeking to Rescue Fawcett." As I read each story, I became
more and more curious—about how Fawcett's quest for a lost city and his
disappearance had captivated the world; how for decades hundreds of scientists
and explorers had tried to find evidence of Fawcett's missing party and the City
of Z; and how countless seekers had disappeared or died from starvation,
diseases, attacks by wild animals, or poisonous arrows. What intrigued me most,
though, was the notion of Z. For years most scientists had considered the brutal
conditions in the largest jungle in the world inimical to humankind, but ...
Sherman J. Alexie, Jr., was born in October 1966. A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian, he grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington, about 50 miles northwest of Spokane. Approximately 1,100 Spokane Tribal ... (more)
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Killers of the Flower Moon
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Marie Arana was born in Lima, Peru. She is the author of the memoir American Chica, a finalist for the National Book Award; two novels, Cellophane and Lima Nights; and The Writing Life, a collection from her well-known column... (more)
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The Lost City of Z
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by Marie Arana
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