Erik Larson






Erik Larson

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born
January 01, 1954

gender
male

place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, The United States

genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction


about this author

Erik Larson, author of the international bestseller Isaac's Storm, was nominated for a National Book Award for The Devil in the White City. He is a former features writer for The Wall Street Journal and Time magazine, where he is still a contributing writer. His magazine stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's and other publications.

Larson has taught non-fiction writing at San Francisco State, the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars, and the University of Oregon, and has spoken to audiences from coast to coast. He lives in Seattle with his wife, three daughters, a dwarf hamster, a Chinese fighting fish, and a golden retriever named Molly.




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avg rating: 3.86 | 39,102 ratings | 7,299 reviews | 9 distinct works | 50 fans
The Devil in the White City: M... The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
by Erik Larson, Tony Goldwyn (Narrator)
avg rating 3.89 — 23,764 ratings — published 2003
21 editions
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Thunderstruck Thunderstruck
by Erik Larson
avg rating 3.45 — 2,948 ratings — published 2006
18 editions
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time,... Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
by Erik Larson
avg rating 3.92 — 2,003 ratings — published 1999
18 editions
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Lethal Passage: The Story of a... Lethal Passage: The Story of a Gun
by Erik Larson
avg rating 3.43 — 44 ratings — published 1995
5 editions
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The Naked Consumer: How Our Pr... The Naked Consumer: How Our Private Lives Become Public Commodities
by Erik Larson
avg rating 4.00 — 16 ratings — published 1992
2 editions
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The Matzo Mitzvah: Even More T... The Matzo Mitzvah: Even More Tales My Great-Great-Grandfather Might Tell About Life in a Ghetto of Russia in the Time of the Czars
by Herman I. Kantor, Erik Larson
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1996
2 editions
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The Miraculous Milk Cow: More... The Miraculous Milk Cow: More Tales My Great Great Grandfather Might Tell About Life in a Ghetto of Russia in the Time of the Czars
by Herman I. Kantor, Erik Larson
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1994
2 editions
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Project Management: The Manage... Project Management: The Managerial Process (Irwin/Mcgraw Hill Series in Operations and Decision Sciences.)
by Clifford F. Gray, Erik Larson
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1999
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The Bear and the Baby: Still M... The Bear and the Baby: Still More Tales My Great-Great-Grandfather Might Tell About Life in a Ghetto of Russia in the Time of the Czars
by Herman I. Kantor, Erik Larson
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1995
2 editions
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"The intermittent depression that had shadowed him throughout his adult life was about to envelop him once again. "
Erik Larson (The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America)
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"Snow fell. Carolers moved among the mansions of Prairie Avenue, pausing now and then to enter the fine houses for hot mulled cider and cocoa. The air was scented with woodsmoke and roasting duck. In Graceland Cemetery, to the north, young couples raced their sleighs over the snow-heaped undulations, pulling their blankets especially tight as they passed the dark and dour tombs of Chicago’s richest and most powerful men, the tombs’ bleakness made all the more profound by their juxtaposition against the night-blued snow […]
Outside the snow muffled the concussion of passing horses. Trains bearing fangs of ice tore through the crossing at Wallace."
Erik Larson (The Devil in the White City)
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