Erik Larson in Conversation with Pico Iyer

National Book Award Winner

“A master at writing true tales as riveting as fiction.” People

Erik Larson is a wizard of narrative non-fiction whose vividly-written books have won several awards and been published worldwide. His many bestsellers include Thunderstruck, Dead Wake, Isaac’s Storm and the National Book Award-winning Devil in the White City, which remained on the New York Times bestseller lists for a combined total of over six years. The Splendid and the Vile, Larson's recent biography of Winston Churchill’s first year as prime minister, is a New York Times Notable Book of 2020 and a Kirkus Best Book of 2020.

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