ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ERIK LARSON IS THE AUTHOR of The Devil in the White City, which won an Edgar Award for nonfiction, was a finalist for a National Book Award, and remained on the bestseller lists of the New York Times for well over two years. He also wrote the best-selling Isaac’s Storm, about a hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas, in 1900. He has written for a variety of national magazines and is a former staff writer for the Wall Street Journal and Time magazine. He lives in Seattle with his wife and three daughters, and a golden retriever named Molly.